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 EX    Tahiti Rail* Id (Atlas):
    Hypotaenidia pacifica

Description (7)
Image of Tahiti Rail
 

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Unknown.

Range (Guide)
French Polynesia (E) (B).

Tahiti, Mehetia.
 
Status EX
Known only from paintings from Cook's second voyage in 1773 it is presumed extinct as of about 1930. Extinction probably caused by predation by introduced rats and cats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Tahiti Rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica) - 7 files


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