Auckland Islands Rail

SCI Name:  Lewinia muelleri
Protonym:  Rallus muelleri Bull.Br.Orn.Club 1 p.40
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Lewinia
Taxonomy Code:  auirai1
Type Locality:  Auckland Island.
Author:  Rothschild
Publish Year:  1893
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

LEWINIA
(Rallidae; Ϯ Lewin's Rail L. pectoralis) Specific name Rallus lewinii Swainson, 1837 (= syn. Lewinia pectoralis); "Ralleæ  ...  2012. Hypotænidia, Reich.  -  a. Hypotænidia, Reich.  -  b. Euryzona, Reich.   c. Lewinia, Reich.  -  *d. Laterallus, Bp." (Bonaparte 1854); "109. Lewinia, Reich.   324. pectoralis, Cuv. nec Gould. (R. lewini, Sw.)   325. brachypus, Sw.   326. albiventer, Sw." (Bonaparte 1856).
Synon. Donacias, Hyporallus.

muelleri
● Salomon Müller (1804-1864) German explorer, ornithologist (syn. Accipiter griseogularis, subsp. Ficedula dumetoria, Heleia, syn. Mulleripicus pulverulentus, subsp. Oriolus flavocinctus, subsp. Phylloscopus castaniceps, subsp. Pitta sordida, subsp. Rhipidura hyperythra (ex Rhipidura rufiventris Müller)).
● Prof. David Heinrich Müller (1846-1912) Austrian orientalist, linguist, explorer in Arabia 1897-1898 (syn. Anthodiaeta metallica).
● Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Müller (1824-1866) German naturalist, collector in tropical Africa, North America and Mexico, Director of Jardin Zoologique, Bruxelles 1852-1854 (syn. Butastur rufipennis, Merops, syn. Passer euchlorus, syn. Ploceus luteolus).
● Anton Müller (1799-1864) German civil servant, naturalist (syn. Calidris alba, syn. Larus marinus).
● C. Müller (fl. 1910) skinner for Graf von Zedlitz und Trützschler in tropical Africa 1908-1910 (syn. Cichladusa guttata rufipennis, subsp. Ortygospiza atricollis, syn. Tchagra senegalus habessinicus, syn. Uraeginthus cyanocephalus).
● Maj. Müller (d. 1898) explorer in tropical Africa (subsp. Cisticola fulvicapilla, syn. Cisticola lais semifasciatus).
● Lorenz Müller (1868-1953) German herpetologist, collector in Brazil (syn. Cettia cetti sericea, Cranioleuca, subsp. Phaethornis superciliosus).
● Otto Frederik Müller (1730-1784) Danish naturalist (syn. Gavia stellata).
● Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich Freiherr von Mueller (1825–1896) German/Australian botanist, acclimatizer (Lewinia).
● Alfred Müller (d. 1931) German Consul in Palma, Mallorca (syn. Troglodytes troglodytes kabylorum).