Ascension Crake

Ascension Crake

Mundia elpenor

Extinct
Семейство
Rallidae
Отряд
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

Охранный статус

Extinct
IUCN Red List

Таксономия

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Отряд Gruiformes (Cranes & Rails)
Семейство Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)
Genus Mundia
Виды 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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