Biology:ʻEua rail
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Short description: Species of bird
| ʻEua rail Temporal range: Holocene
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| Illustration of an unidentified extinct species (possibly G. vekamatolu) from Vavaʻu, 1739 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | G. vekamatolu
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| Gallirallus vekamatolu Kirchman & Steadman, 2005[1]
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The ʻEua rail (Gallirallus vekamatolu) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family. It was described in 2005 from subfossil bones found on the island of ʻEua, in the Kingdom of Tonga of West Polynesia.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kirchman, J.J.; Steadman, D. W. (2005). "Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including description of a new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118 (2): 465–477. doi:10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp2.0.co;2].
Wikidata ☰ Q8084043 entry
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