Macquarie rail
The Macquarie rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis macquariensis), also known as the Macquarie Island rail, is an extinct subspecies of the buff-banded rail endemic to Macquarie Island, a subantarctic island that is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia. The holotype is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
| Macquarie rail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | H. p. macquariensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Hypotaenidia philippensis macquariensis (Hutton, 1879) | |
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