Red Rail
Aphanapteryx bonasia
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<birdfyi-bird slug="aphanapteryx-bonasia"></birdfyi-bird>The Red Rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) is a bird species in the family Rallidae (rallen, sumpfhühner und blässhühner), within the order Gruiformes (kraniche und rallen). The IUCN Red List classifies it as Extinct.
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Red Rail (Aphanapteryx bonasia) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Mauritius. Known from 17th-century illustrations and subfossil bones; chestnut-brown with long curved bill. Closely related to Rodrigues Rail. Extirpated by Dutch settlers and their introduced animals by about 1700.
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Taxonomie
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordnung | Gruiformes (Kraniche und Rallen) |
| Familie | Rallidae (Rallen, Sumpfhühner und Blässhühner) |
| Genus | Aphanapteryx |
| Arten | Aphanapteryx bonasia |
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