Lewinia muelleri Rothschild, 1893
Auckland rail, Auckland Islands rail, Auckland Island rail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dryolimnas pectoralis muelleri Rothschild, 1893; Rallus pectoralis muelleri Rothschild, 1893
Conservation Status
Rediscovered in 1966
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Auckland Islands, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:
OR.024502 (collected 22 November 1989)
Media
Above: Auckland Island Rail, Lewinia muelleri, collected 22 November 1989, Maclaren Bay, Adams Island, New Zealand. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (OR.024502)
Above: Auckland Island Rail, Lewinia muelleri, collected 22 November 1989, Maclaren Bay, Adams Island, New Zealand. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (OR.024502)
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1893). "a new species of Rail". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 1(8): 40-41.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Lewinia muelleri. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 22 February 2014.
Elliott, G. P., Walker, K. J. and Buckingham, R. (1991). The Auckland Islands Rail. Notornis 38(3): 199-209.
Marples, B. K. (1946). List of the birds of New Zealand. Notornis 1(supp.): i-vii.