Guam rail

Guam rail
	At the Cincinnati Zoo
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Gallirallus
Species:	G. owstoni
Binomial name
	Gallirallus owstoni; Walter Rothschild, 1895
Synonyms
	Rallus owstoni (Rothschild, 1895); Hypotaenidia owstoni (Rothschild, 1895);

A Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni) is a bird that is only found in Guam. It is extinct in the wild. However in 2019 the species was reintroduced on to snake free islands near Guam.

References

↑ "Hypotaenidia owstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22692441A93353974. 2016. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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[iucn-1] "Hypotaenidia owstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22692441A93353974. 2016. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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