Julian Hume / Extinct rail species. Clockwise from top left: Mascarene coot (Fulica newtoni) extinct circa 1700. Dieffenbach's rail (Gallirallus dieffenbachii) extinct circa1850; Chatham island rail (Gallirallus mo...

Roger Powell / Buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) walking along a log. Serendip, Victoria, Australia

Brent Stephenson / Adult Buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis assimilis) skulking through the mangroves on the edge of tidal mudflats. Wenderholm Regional Park, Auckland, New Zealand, October.

Bruce Thomson / Buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) walking along log over freshwater creek, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.