Okinawa rail

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Okinawa rail (plural Okinawa rails)

  1. A species of rail, Gallirallus okinawae, endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan.
    • 1982, A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Tokyo: Kodansha International, page 8:
      The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.

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