Lewinia | |
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Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: |
Lewinia Gray, GR, 1855 |
Type species | |
Rallus lewini
[1] Swainson, 1838
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Species | |
see text |
Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with Lewin's rail Lewinia pectoralis as the type species. [2] The genus name is from a synonym of the type species Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837. [3] The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia. [4]
The genus contains the following four species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lewinia pectoralis | Lewin's rail | Australia, Wallacea, and New Guinea. |
Lewinia mirifica | Brown-banded rail | the Philippines, from Luzon and Samar. | |
Lewinia muelleri | Auckland rail | Auckland Islands | |
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Lewinia striata | Slaty-breasted rail | India |
Lewinia | |
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Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: |
Lewinia Gray, GR, 1855 |
Type species | |
Rallus lewini
[1] Swainson, 1838
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Species | |
see text |
Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with Lewin's rail Lewinia pectoralis as the type species. [2] The genus name is from a synonym of the type species Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837. [3] The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia. [4]
The genus contains the following four species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Lewinia pectoralis | Lewin's rail | Australia, Wallacea, and New Guinea. |
Lewinia mirifica | Brown-banded rail | the Philippines, from Luzon and Samar. | |
Lewinia muelleri | Auckland rail | Auckland Islands | |
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Lewinia striata | Slaty-breasted rail | India |