Hypotaenidia poeciloptera Hartlaub, 1866:171
Bar-winged rail, Fiji barred-wing rail, Mbidi, Sasa (cryptid, fide Mayr, 1945)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Rallina poeciloptera Hartlaub, 1866:171; Nesoclopeus poecilopterus Hartlaub, 1866:171; Nesoclopeus poeciloptera Hartlaub, 1866:171; Nesoclopeus poecilopterus poecilopterus (Hartlaub, 1866:171); Nesoclopeus poicilopterus Hartlaub, 1866:171
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1875 or before (Day, 1981:87); 1890 (Reichenow, 1891); 31 August 1970 (Blackburn, 1971:155); 1973 (Holyoak, 1979 [unconfirmed]; Kittelberger et al., 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
There are more recent unconfirmed reports of this species (Blackburn, 1971; Holyoak, 1979; Day, 1981:87).
Distribution
Fiji (Ovalau, Taveuni and Viti Levu)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=14]RMNH 110.047[/url] (male)
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=14]RMNH 110.064[/url] (male)
[url=http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/naturalis/detail.php?lang=uk&id=14]RMNH 110.065[/url] (female)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hartlaub, G. (1866). On five new species of birds from the Feejee Islands. Ibis 6: 171-173.
Other references:
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