Lewinia
Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
| Lewinia | |
|---|---|
| Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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.
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