Dieffenbach's Rail

Gallirallus dieffenbachii

Dieffenbach's rail, known in the Moriori language as meriki or mehoriki, is an extinct flightless bird in the rail family. It was endemic to the Chatham Islands. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

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