Aves - Gruiformes - Rallidae
Alternative combinations: Hypotaenidia philippensis, Rallus philippensis
Belongs to Gallirallus according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Balouet and Olson 1989, Brodkorb 1967, Steadman 1993, Steadman et al. 1990, Steadman et al. 1999, Worthy and Burley 2019 and Worthy et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Gallirallus astolfoi, Gallirallus australis, Gallirallus dieffenbachii, Gallirallus epulare, Gallirallus gracilitibia, Gallirallus huiatua, Gallirallus insignis, Gallirallus lafresnayanus, Gallirallus minor, Gallirallus modestus, Gallirallus okinawae, Gallirallus owstoni, Gallirallus ripleyi, Gallirallus roletti, Gallirallus storrsolsoni, Gallirallus vekamatolu, Hypotaenidia vavauensis, Hypotaenidia insignis, Hypotaenidia okinawae, Hypotaenidia torquata
Subtaxa: Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), New Caledonia (2), Niue (6), Norfolk Island (3), Papua New Guinea (3), Solomon Islands (2), Tonga (15), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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