Kosrae Crake
Zapornia monasa
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<birdfyi-bird slug="zapornia-monasa"></birdfyi-bird>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.
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Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Gruiformes (Cranes & Rails) |
| Family | Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots) |
| Genus | Zapornia |
| Species | Zapornia monasa |
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