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Kosrae Crake

Zapornia monasa

Extinct
Famili
Rallidae
Ordo
Gruiformes

Tentang

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

Status Konservasi

Extinct
IUCN Red List

Taksonomi

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Ordo Gruiformes (Cranes & Rails)
Famili Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)
Genus Zapornia
Spesies Zapornia monasa

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Pertanyaan yang Sering Diajukan

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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