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Kosrae Crake

Zapornia monasa

Extinct
Семейство
Rallidae
Отряд
Gruiformes

О нас

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

Охранный статус

Extinct
IUCN Red List

Таксономия

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

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Часто задаваемые вопросы

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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