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Auckland rail

Lewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893)

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The auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 93 g to 93.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the auckland rail

Weight
93 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the auckland rail live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The auckland rail is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the auckland rail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Auckland rail, also known as the Auckland Island rail or Auckland Islands rail (Lewinia muelleri) is a small nearly flightless rail endemic to the Auckland Islands 460 km south of New Zealand. Its closest relative is Lewin's rail of Australia. The species is currently restricted to two islands in the Auckland islands group, Adams Island and Disappointment Island.

From the Wikipedia article “Auckland rail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Auckland_rail&oldid=1371083438), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the auckland rail endangered?

The auckland rail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the auckland rail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusLewinia
  7. SpeciesLewinia muelleri (Rothschild, 1893)

Synonyms Dryolimnas muelleri, Gallirallus pectoralis muelleri, Rallus muelleri, Rallus pectoralis muelleri

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Auckland island railEnglish
  • Auckland island railEnglish
  • Auckland Islands railEnglish
  • Auckland Islands railEnglish
  • Aukland island railEnglish
  • مرعة جزر أوكلاندArabic
  • rascló de les illes AucklandCatalan
  • chřástal aucklandskýCzech
  • AucklandrikseDanish
  • AucklandralleGerman
  • aŭklanda raloEsperanto
  • Rascón de las AucklandSpanish
  • aucklandi väikeruikEstonian
  • aucklandinluhtakanaFinnish
  • Râle des AucklandFrench
  • oklandska kokošicaCroatian
  • auckland-szigeteki guvatHungarian
  • Rallo delle AucklandItalian
  • オークランドクイナJapanese
  • oklandinė vištelėLithuanian
  • Müllers RalDutch
  • wodnik maoryskiPolish
  • saracura-das-aucklandsPortuguese
  • frango-d'água-das-aucklandPortuguese
  • frango-de-água-das-aucklandPortuguese
  • Оклендский пастушокRussian
  • chriašteľ aucklandskýSlovak
  • Oklandski petlovanSerbian
  • aucklandrallSwedish
  • Aukland SukılavuzuTurkish
  • левинія маорійськаUkrainian
  • 奥岛秧鸡Chinese
  • 奧克蘭紋秧雞Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the auckland rail

Other species in the same genus Lewinia.

CompareAuckland rail vs Slaty-breasted railAuckland rail vs Lewin's railAuckland rail vs Brown-banded rail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the auckland rail?

An adult auckland rail weighs 93 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the auckland rail live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the auckland rail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the auckland rail endangered?

The auckland rail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the auckland rail?

The auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/auckland-rail

MLA

“Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/auckland-rail.

BibTeX
@misc{auckland_rail_2026,
  title = {Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/auckland-rail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}