Hawaiian Rail - BirdForum Opus

The species Hawaiian Rail is extinct.

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Zapornia sandwichensis

Distribution

Formerlly Hawaii. All of the collected specimens are from Hawai'i Island. Hawaiian Rail were last reliably reported in 1884 in the Puna District of Hawai'i Island, and active searches in the following decade did not yield any birds. The fossil record of the southeastern Hawaiian Islands includes many species of rail, some of which are very similar to the Hawai'i Island specimens, but the evolution towards flightlessness suggests that similiar rails on the other islands should be considered separate species.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Also placed in genus Porzana.

Habitat

Shrubland.

Behaviour

Flightless bird.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hawaiian Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hawaiian_Rail

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