Okinawa rail
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| phylum | Chordata | The Okinawa Rail is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan where it is known as the Yanbaru Kuina. Its existence was only confirmed in 1978 and it was formally described in 1981.
It is a medium-sized and almost flightless rail with short wings and tail, olive-brown upperparts, black underparts with white bars and a red bill and legs. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Gruiformes |
| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Gruiformes | |
| family | Rallidae | |
| genus | Gallirallus | |
| species | G. okinawae |
