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Lewinia
Lewinia is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
The genus was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855 with Lewin's railLewinia pectoralis as the type species. The genus name is from a synonym of the type species Rallus lewiniiSwainson, 1837. The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia.