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Flightless rail, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean, 1954
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Flightless rail, Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean, 1954
Hawkin’s rails were large, flightless rails that occurred on the two largest islands in the Chatham Island group off the east coast of New Zealand, Chatham and Pitt, being the only member of the genus Diaphorapteryx, and being notable for having long, curved bills. I hope you enjoy.