Tahiti crake
| Tahiti crake | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Drawing by Georg Forster | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Porzana |
| Species: | P. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Porzana nigra J. F. Miller, 1784 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rallus nigra | |
The Tahiti crake (Porzana nigra), also known as Miller's rail, was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to Tahiti. It was discovered and painted by Georg Forster during the second Cook voyage.[2] John Frederick Miller copied Forsters painting and published it with some changes and remarks in his work Cimelia Physica in 1784.[2]
Illustration by John Frederick Miller
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Porzana nigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Walters, M: Probable validity of Rallus nigra Miller, an extinct species from Tahiti. In: Notornis. Journal of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. Volume 35 Part 4 December 1988.
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