RALLIDAE gen. et. sp. indet. #4 'extinct Asian rail'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Hypothetical
Last record: 1600's?
Distribution
Asia?
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Cheke, Anthony S. (1983). A note on the Album of a hundred birds by Kōno Bairei, a nineteenth century Japanese artist, with new light on the 'Avis Indica' of Collaert. Archives of Natural History 11: 291-297.
Acknowledgements
This hypothetical, almost certainly non-existent, rail was brought to my attention via a comment by Lars Dietz on Darren Naish's blog.