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Macquarie Island Banded Rail; Rallus philippensis macquariensis; holotype; Macquar...

Macquarie Island Banded Rail, Rallus philippensis macquariensis, holotype, Macquarie Island, OR.015139
Name/Title
Macquarie Island Banded Rail
Taxonomic Classification
Rallus philippensis macquariensis
About this object
Pelvis bone of Macquarie Island Banded Rail.

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Field Collector
Hutton, Frederick
Field Collection Date
1879
Field Collection Place Description
Macquarie Island
Object Type
Bird
Object number
OR.015139

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Rails (including crakes) are in the family Rallidae, along with gallinules (swamp hens) and coots. The banded rail ( ) is a strikingly marked bird, usually only glimpsed briefly as it dashes in and out of hiding. It is related to the more familiar weka, but is slimmer, and can fly. Banded rails have colonised most Pacific islands – from Australia and Indonesia eastwards to Niue, and southwards to the subantarctic Macquarie Island. The banded rail has a long tapered bill and spindle-shaped body, ...
Rails and crakes
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