Dieffenbach's rail

Dieffenbach's rail

Extinct (1872)  (IUCN 3.1)

Extinct (1872) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Species:
†G. dieffenbachii
Binomial name
†Gallirallus dieffenbachii
(Gray, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii
  • Cabalus dieffenbachii

Dieffenbach's rail (Gallirallus dieffenbachii), known in the Moriori language as meriki or mehoriki, is an extinct flightless bird in the rail family. It was endemic to the Chatham Islands. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

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