Laysan rail (extinct)
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The Laysan rail was a small, flightless bird once native to Hawaii’s Laysan Island, driven to extinction in the early 20th century by habitat destruction and introduced predators.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laysan rail | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bird
ⓘ
extinct species ⓘ flightless bird ⓘ rail ⓘ |
| binomialName | Zapornia palmeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biogeographicPattern | island flightlessness in rails ⓘ |
| bodySize | small ⓘ |
| class | Aves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName |
Laysan crake
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laysan rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | Extinct ⓘ |
| diet |
insectivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Laysan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionCause |
habitat destruction
ⓘ
introduced predators ⓘ introduced rabbits ⓘ introduced rats ⓘ |
| extinctionEra | early 20th century ⓘ |
| extinctionSignificance | example of island rail extinction ⓘ |
| family | Rallidae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightCapability | flightless ⓘ |
| foundOnIslandType | coral sand island ⓘ |
| genus | Zapornia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal vegetation
ⓘ
dense grass and shrub thickets ⓘ |
| historicalRange | Laysan Island only ⓘ |
| islandEndemism | single-island endemic ⓘ |
| iucnStatus | EX ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| locatedInEcosystem | Northwestern Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Hawaii
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laysan Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
reduced wings adapted for a flightless lifestyle
ⓘ
tameness around humans ⓘ |
| order | Gruiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | ground nester ⓘ |
| scientificName | Zapornia palmeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| synonym | Porzana palmeri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
habitat degradation by rabbits
ⓘ
predation by domestic cats ⓘ predation by rats ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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Laysan rail