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ViewsChatham Islands RailFrom Opus
Alternative name: Chatham Island Rail; Chatham Rail
[edit] IdentificationExtinct. Last recorded around 1900. 38cm. Pale brown, paler throat, long decurved bill. [edit] DistributionFormerly Chatham Islands, New Zealand. [edit] TaxonomySome authorities (BirdLife International, 2008) place this species in the monotypic genus Cabalus. However, Clements (2007), Howard & Moore (2003), and Sibley & Monroe (1996) all place it in Gallirallus, and the Opus follows this consensus. [edit] Habitat[edit] BehaviourFlightless. The diet included insects. It nested in burrow. [edit] External Links
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