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Object: Chatham Island Rail, Cabalus modestus (Hutton, 1872); syntype of Rallus modestus Hutton, 1872
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Registration Number  OR.001371
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Aves
Order  Gruiformes
Family  Rallidae
Scientific NameType Status
Cabalus modestus (Hutton, 1872)
Rallus modestus Hutton, 1872syntype
Identified By  Hutton, Frederick Wollaston
Identified Date  1872
Common / Maori name  Chatham Island Rail, Matirakahu
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  Chatham Islands
Precise locality  Mangere Island (Pitt Island)
Collected By  Travers, Henry Hammersley
Date collected   Jan 1872
Section  Birds

Syntype of Chatham Island rail (Cabalus modestus), downy chick collected onMangere Island, Chatham Islands byHenry Travers inJanuary 1872. The whereabouts of the two other syntype specimens is unknown.

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