New Zealand Bittern (Ixobrychus novaezelandiae)
Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand, family-ARDEIDAE, extinct-1900s
Year Last Seen:
1900
Comments:
This species was known from New Zealand's South Island, but became Extinct for unknown reasons some time in the 1890s.
Habitat:
It is likely to have inhabited freshwater wetlands.
Causes:
Reasons for its extinction are not known, but introduced predators and hunting are responsible for …
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