Bar-winged rail

{{short description|Extinct species of bird}}

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| name = Bar-winged rail

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Pleistocene|Late Holocene}}

| image = Nesoclopeus.poecilopterus.ofgh.jpg

| image_caption = Drawing from 1867

| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |year=2023 |title=Hypotaenidia poeciloptera |page=e.T22728740A228869111 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T22728740A228869111.en}}

| genus = Hypotaenidia

| species = poeciloptera

| authority = (Hartlaub, 1866)

| synonyms = *Hypotaenidia poeciloptera

• Gallirallus poecilopterus

}}

The bar-winged rail (Hypotaenidia poeciloptera) is an extinct species of bird in the family Rallidae. It was endemic to Fiji and was last collected ca 1890 in Viti Levu. The species was identified from twelve 19th century specimens, some of which are known to be in Boston, London and New York. The last unconfirmed sighting of this bird was in 1978.{{cn|date=April 2025}} The bar winged rail was declared extinct by the IUCN in 1994.

Fossil remains dating back to the late Pleistocene or early Holocene are known from some caves in Fiji.{{Cite journal|last=Worthy|first=Trevor H.|date=2004-09-01|title=The fossil rails (Aves: Rallidae) of Fiji with descriptions of a new genus and species|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2004.9517768|journal=Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand|volume=34|issue=3|pages=295–314|doi=10.1080/03014223.2004.9517768|bibcode=2004JRSNZ..34..295W |s2cid=129705107|issn=0303-6758}}