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Reunion rail

Dryolimnas augusti Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Ribes & Moutou, 1999

Status not recordedbirdsExtinct

The reunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes.

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Quick facts about the reunion 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
Not recorded

Where does the reunion rail live?

Not recorded

Is the reunion 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 reunion rail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familyRallidae
  6. genusDryolimnas
  7. SpeciesDryolimnas augusti Mourer-Chauviré, Bour, Ribes & Moutou, 1999
Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • Dubois's wood-railEnglish
  • Réunion railEnglish
  • rascló de l'illa de la ReunióCatalan
  • chřástal réunionskýCzech
  • Réunion RikseDanish
  • RéunionralleGerman
  • reunia raloEsperanto
  • Rascón de ReuniónSpanish
  • réunioninmetsähuittiFinnish
  • Râle de la RéunionFrench
  • reunionska kokošicaCroatian
  • réunioni guvatHungarian
  • Rallo di RéunionItalian
  • レユニオンクイナJapanese
  • RéunionralDutch
  • reunionrikseNorwegian
  • chruścielowiec reuniońskiPolish
  • frango-d'água-da-reuniãoPortuguese
  • Реюньонский пастушокRussian
  • chriašteľ réunionskýSlovak
  • Petlovan sa ostrva ReunionSerbian
  • réunionrallSwedish
  • Reünyon KılavuzuTurkish
  • пастушок реюньйонськийUkrainian
  • 留尼旺秧雞Chinese
  • frango-de-água-da-reuniãoPortuguese
  • 留尼汪秧鸡Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the reunion rail

Other species in the same genus Dryolimnas.

CompareReunion rail vs White-throated rail

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

What kind of animal is the reunion rail?

The reunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti) 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). Reunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/reunion-rail

MLA

“Reunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/reunion-rail.

BibTeX
@misc{reunion_rail_2026,
  title = {Reunion rail (Dryolimnas augusti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/reunion-rail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}