Gallirallus

Gallirallus
Weka, Gallirallus australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Lafresnaye, 1841
Type species
Gallirallus brachypterus Lafresnaye, 1841=Rallus australis Sparman, 1786
Species

18, of which 6 is extinct

Gallirallus is a genus of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region. The genus is characterised by an ability to colonise relatively small and isolated islands and thereafter to evolve flightless forms, many of which became extinct following Polynesian settlement.

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