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The species Chatham Islands Rail is extinct.

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Alternative name: Chatham Island Rail; Chatham Rail

Gallirallus modestus

[edit] Identification

38cm
Pale brown, paler throat, long decurved bill.

[edit] Distribution

Formerly Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Last recorded around 1900.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Some 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] Behaviour

Flightless.

[edit] Diet

The diet included insects.

[edit] Breeding

It nested in burrow.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

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