Illustration of a Tahiti rail, Tahitian red-billed rail, or Pacific red-billed rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica) by John Gerrard Keulemans. This extinct species of rail lived on Tahiti. It was first recorded during James Cook's second voyage around the world (1772â??1775), on which it was illustrated by Georg Forster and described by Johann Reinhold Forster. No specimens have been preserved. | |
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