Lewinia

Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

Lewinia
Auckland rail (Lewinia muelleri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Lewinia Gray, GR, 1855
Type species
Rallus lewini[1] Swainson, 1838
Species
see text

The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with Lewin's rail Lewinia pectoralis as the type species.^[2] The genus name is from a synonym of the type species Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837.^[3] The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia.^[4]

Species

The genus contains the following four species:^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Lewinia pectoralis	Lewin's rail	Australia, Wallacea, and New Guinea.
	Lewinia mirifica	Brown-banded rail	the Philippines, from Luzon and Samar.
	Lewinia muelleri	Auckland rail	Auckland Islands
	Lewinia striata	Slaty-breasted rail	India