Wake Island rail

Wake Island rail
Photo from a 1936 book

Extinct (1945)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Hypotaenidia
Species:
H. wakensis
Binomial name
Hypotaenidia wakensis
The Wake Island rail lived on Wake Island, a 3 islet atoll
Synonyms

Hypotaenidia wakensis Rothschild, 1903

The extinct Wake Island rail (Hypotaenidia wakensis) was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, and Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters. It was hunted to extinction during World War II.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hypotaenidia wakensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692447A93354203. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692447A93354203.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

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