Sharpe's Rail

Sharpe's rail, Gallirallus sharpei, is a rail in the family Rallidae, described in 1893 by Johann Buttikofer from a single specimen of unknown origin and named for the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. No second specimen has ever been found, and its status has long been disputed: it has been treated as an extinct species in its own right, but more recent assessment suggests it may instead represent an unusual color morph of the buff-banded rail rather than a distinct species. Its true origin is unrecorded, though it has been speculated to have come from Indonesia, and it is conventionally listed as endemic to that country. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/