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Kosrae Crake

Zapornia monasa

Extinct
الفصيلة
Rallidae
الرتبة
Gruiformes

Flightlessness left the Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) with no defence against introduced predators. Endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia, the rail had dark plumage and much-reduced wings, and is known today from bones and a single nineteenth-century description. It disappeared after Polynesian and later European settlement, most likely through predation by introduced rats and cats. The IUCN Red List classifies the species as Extinct.

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Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Kosrae in the Caroline Islands, Micronesia. Known from bones and a single 19th-century description. Dark plumage, reduced wings. Extirpated following Polynesian and later European settlement; likely lost to introduced rats and cats.

Habitat & Range

حالة الحفاظ

Extinct
IUCN Red List

التصنيف

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
الرتبة Gruiformes (Cranes & Rails)
الفصيلة Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)
Genus Zapornia
الأنواع Zapornia monasa

External Databases

الأسئلة الشائعة

Is the Kosrae Crake endangered?
The Kosrae Crake has a conservation status of Extinct.
What order and family does the Kosrae Crake belong to?
The Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa) belongs to the order Gruiformes and the family Rallidae.

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