Dieffenbach's rail
| Dieffenbach's rail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | †H. dieffenbachii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii (Gray, 1843) | |
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Dieffenbach's rail (Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii), known in the Moriori language as meriki or mehoriki, is an extinct flightless species of bird from the family Rallidae. It was endemic to the Chatham Islands.
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