Ascension Crake
Mundia elpenor
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Extinct
Familie
Rallidae
Ordnung
Gruiformes
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Ascension Crake (Mundia elpenor) is an extinct flightless rail formerly endemic to Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. Known from early 17th-century descriptions by Portuguese sailors; no physical specimens survive. Dark plumage; reduced wings. Extirpated rapidly after human arrival and introduction of cats and rats, likely by the mid-1600s.
Habitat & Range
Erhaltungsstatus
Extinct
IUCN Red List
Taxonomie
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Ordnung | Gruiformes (Kraniche und Rallen) |
| Familie | Rallidae (Rallen, Sumpfhühner und Blässhühner) |
| Genus | Mundia |
| Arten | Mundia elpenor |
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Is the Ascension Crake endangered?
The Ascension Crake has a conservation status of Extinct.
What order and family does the Ascension Crake belong to?
The Ascension Crake (Mundia elpenor) belongs to the order Gruiformes and the family Rallidae.
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