Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Rallidae Scientific name Porzana nigra | Phylum Chordata Order Gruiformes Genus Porzana Rank Species | |
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Similar Kosrae crake, Hawkins's rail, Hawaiian rail, Ascension crake, Réunion rail | ||
The Tahiti crake (Porzana nigra), also known as Miller's rail, was a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to Tahiti. It was discovered and painted by Georg Forster during the second Cook voyage. John Frederick Miller copied Forster's painting and published it with some changes and remarks in his work Cimelia Physica in 1784.
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