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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