Lewinia

Lewinia
Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Lewinia
Gray, GR, 1855
Type species
Rallus lewini
Swainson, 1838
Species

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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. The genus name is from a synonym of the type species Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837. The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia.

Species

The genus contains the following four species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Lewinia pectoralisLewin's railAustralia, Wallacea, and New Guinea.
Lewinia mirificaBrown-banded railthe Philippines, from Luzon and Samar.
Lewinia muelleriAuckland railAuckland Islands
Lewinia striataSlaty-breasted railSouth and Southeast Asia

References

  1. ↑ "Rallidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ↑ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. pp. 120, 150.
  3. ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Lewinia". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "lewinii". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.