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| Wake Island rail | |
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| Photo from a 1936 book | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | †H. wakensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hypotaenidia wakensis Rothschild, 1903
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| The Wake Island rail lived on Wake Island, a 3 islet atoll | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypotaenidia wakensis Rothschild, 1903 | |
The extinct Wake Island rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis) was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, and Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters. It was hunted to extinction during World War II.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hypotaenidia wakensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692447A93354203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692447A93354203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.