Hypotaenidia

Hypotaenidia
Okinawa rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Hypotaenidia Reichenbach, 1853
Species
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Hypotaenidia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae. The genus is considered separate by the IOC and IUCN, while The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World/eBird considers the species to be part of Gallirallus.

Species[]

It contains the following species:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Okinawa rail	Hypotaenidia okinawae	Okinawa Island in Japan
	Barred rail	Hypotaenidia torquata	Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea).
	Buff-banded rail	Hypotaenidia philippensis	Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the Philippines , New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand
	Guam rail	Hypotaenidia owstoni	Guam
	Pink-legged rail	Hypotaenidia insignis	New Britain.
	Roviana rail	Hypotaenidia rovianae	Western Province (Solomon Islands)
	Woodford's rail	Hypotaenidia woodfordi	Solomon Islands
	Lord Howe woodhen	Hypotaenidia sylvestris	Lord Howe Island

Extinct[]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	†Bar-winged rail	Hypotaenidia poeciloptera	Fiji( Viti Levu.)
	†Dieffenbach's rail	Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii	Chatham Islands
	†Tahiti rail	Hypotaenidia pacifica	Tahiti
	†Wake Island rail	Hypotaenidia wakensis	Wake

References[]

External links[]

• Data related to Hypotaenidia at Wikispecies

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