Tahiti Rail (Hypotaenidia pacifica)

Posted on 31 December, 1930 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Society Islands), family-RALLIDAE, extinct-1930s

Year Last Seen:

1930

Comments:

This species was known from the Society Islands, French Polynesia, but has been driven Extinct by cat and rat predation. It was abundant on Tahiti in 1844 but had disappeared by the end of the century, surviving on Mehetia where there were records until the …


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Forster’s Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus musae)

Posted on 31 December, 1900 in Extinct • Tagged with French Polynesia (Society Islands), family-ACROCEPHALIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1900

Comments:

This species was lost from both islands where it used to occur in the late 1800s or early 1900s and is now Extinct. 

Habitat:

It was thought to breed exclusively in bamboo thickets (P. Raust in litt. 2007).

Causes:

The introduction of feral cats Felis …


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