Ascension Crake

Ascension Crake

Mundia elpenor

Extinct
Familya
Rallidae
Takım
Gruiformes

Hakkında

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

Koruma Durumu

Extinct
IUCN Red List

Taksonomi

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Takım Gruiformes (Cranes & Rails)
Familya Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)
Genus Mundia
Türler Mundia elpenor

External Databases

Sık Sorulan Sorular

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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