ʻEua rail: Difference between revisions

ʻEua rail; Temporal range: Holocene
	Illustration of an unidentified extinct species (possibly G. vekamatolu) from Vavaʻu, 1739
Conservation status
	Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Gallirallus
Species:	†G. vekamatolu
Binomial name
	†Gallirallus vekamatolu; Kirchman & Steadman, 2005

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The ʻEua rail (Gallirallus vekamatolu) is an extinct species of flightless bird in the Rallidae, or rail family. It was described in 2005 from subfossil bones found on the island of ʻEua, in the Kingdom of Tonga of West Polynesia.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kirchman, J.J. & Steadman, D. W. (2005). "Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including description of a new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118 (2): 465–477. doi:10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86755841.

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[k&s05-1] Kirchman, J.J. & Steadman, D. W. (2005). "Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including description of a new species". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118 (2): 465–477. doi:10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86755841.

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-| fossil_range= Holocene
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-| name = ‘Shivan the Great of Tardland
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+| name = {{okina}}Eua rail
 | image = Vava'u Gallirallus.jpg
-| image_caption = Illustration of an unidentified extinct species (possibly ''G. vekamatolu'') from [[Vava'u]], 1739
+| image_caption = Illustration of an unidentified extinct species (possibly ''G. vekamatolu'') from [[Vava{{okina}}u]], 1739
 | status = EX
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+| status_ref = &nbsp;<ref name=k&s05/>
 | genus = Gallirallus
 | species = vekamatolu
 | authority = Kirchman & [[David Steadman|Steadman]], 2005<ref name=k&s05/>
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-The ''' ʻEua rail''' (''Gallirallus vekamatolu'') is an [[Yeetextinct|Yeetextinct]] species of Retarded [[bird]] in the [[Rallidae]], or rail [[family (biology)|family]].  It was described in 2005 from [[subfossil]] bones found on the island of [[ʻEua]], in the Kingdom of [[Tonga]] of West [[Polynesia]].<ref name=k&s05>{{cite journal |author1=Kirchman, J.J. |author2=Steadman, D. W. |last-author-amp=yes |year=2005 |title= Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including description of a new species|journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=118 |issue= 2|pages=465–477 |url= |doi= 10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2}}</ref>
+The '''{{okina}}Eua rail''' (''Gallirallus vekamatolu'') is an [[extinction|extinct]] species of flightless [[bird]] in the [[Rallidae]], or rail [[family (biology)|family]].  It was described in 2005 from [[subfossil]] bones found on the island of [[{{okina}}Eua]], in the Kingdom of [[Tonga]] of West [[Polynesia]].<ref name=k&s05>{{cite journal |author1=Kirchman, J.J. |author2=Steadman, D. W. |name-list-style=amp |year=2005 |title= Rails (Aves: Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric sites in the Kingdom of Tonga, including description of a new species|journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=118 |issue= 2|pages=465–477 |doi= 10.2988/0006-324x(2005)118[465:rargfp]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86755841 }}</ref>
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-[[Category:Extinct flightless birds]]
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-[[Category:Birds of Tonga]]
-[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2005]]
-[[Category:Extinct birds of Oceania]]
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+[[Category:Extinct flightless birds|Eua rail]]
+[[Category:Birds of Tonga|Eua rail]]
+[[Category:Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|Eua rail]]
+[[Category:Holocene extinctions|Eua rail]]
+[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 2005]]
+[[Category:Extinct birds of Oceania|Eua rail]]
+[[Category:Birds described in 2005|Eua rail]]
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