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Hawkins' rail

Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi (H. O. Forbes, 1892)

Status not recordedbirdsExtinct

The hawkins' rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the hawkins' rail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the hawkins' 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 hawkins' 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

Is the hawkins' rail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hawkins' rail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusDiaphorapteryx
  7. SpeciesDiaphorapteryx hawkinsi (H. O. Forbes, 1892)

Synonyms Aphanapteryx hawkinsi

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Giant Chatham island railEnglish
  • Hawkins's railEnglish
  • rascló de HawkinsCatalan
  • HawkinsralleGerman
  • Rascón de HawkinsSpanish
  • Râle de HawkinsFrench
  • kratkokrila kokošicaCroatian
  • Hawkins-guvatHungarian
  • Hawkins' RalDutch
  • Wodnik krzywodziobyPolish
  • frango-d'água-de-hawkinsPortuguese
  • Mehonuirrm
  • Гигантский чатемский пастушокRussian
  • chriašteľ mehonujSlovak
  • hawkinsrallSwedish
  • Hawkins' RalleGerman
  • Râle géant de ChathamFrench
  • wodnik krzyżodziobyPolish
  • frango-d'água-gigante-das-ChathamPortuguese
  • frango-de-água-gigante-das-chathamPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hawkins' rail

Other species in the same family Rallidae.

LC, Least Concern
Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)

Water rail

Rallus aquaticus

Rallidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the hawkins' rail live?

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

What kind of animal is the hawkins' rail?

The hawkins' rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi) 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). Hawkins' rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hawkins-rail

MLA

“Hawkins' rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hawkins-rail.

BibTeX
@misc{hawkins_rail_2026,
  title = {Hawkins' rail (Diaphorapteryx hawkinsi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hawkins-rail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}