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The species Bar-winged Rail is extinct. |
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- Hypotaenidia poecilopterus
Nesoclopeus poecilopterus
Identification
Extinct. Last record from 1973.
Distribution
Formerly Fiji Islands.
Taxonomy
Sometimes lumped with Woodford's Rail (H. woodfordi).
This species was formerly placed in genus Nesoclopeus. Current placement in Hypotaenidia is a consensus of H&M4 and IOC[2, 3].
Habitat
Forests and freshwater swamps.
Behaviour
Flightless.
It nested on the ground.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v 11.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-winged Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-winged_Rail
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
