Red rail
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The red rail is an extinct species of rail that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It had a close relative on Rodrigues island, the likewise exti
Red Rail
Hermann Schlegel's 1854 outlines of "dodo" species (the second supposedly from Rodrigues), which were actually red rails seen by travellers on Mauritius
First known subfossils which were used to identify this bird as a rail in 1868
Subfossils described in 1893
Rail (bird)
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Rails are a large, cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized terrestrial or semi-amphibious birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity in its forms, and includes such ubiquitous species as
Red rail
…The red rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) is an extinct species of rail that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It had a close relative on Rodrigues island, the likewise…
Dusky moorhen 442
New Zealand South Island takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) from behind, showing the short, soft, and fluffy remiges typical of flightless rails
American coot (Fulica americana) skeleton on display at the Museum of Osteology.
The Guam rail is an example of an island species that has been badly affected by introduced species.