Kosrae Crake (Zapornia monasa)

Posted on 31 December, 1827 in Extinct • Tagged with Micronesia (Kosrea), family-RALLIDAE, extinct-1820s

Year Last Seen:

1827-1828

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Kosrae in Micronesia. The only records come from 1827-1828 and it is thought to have been driven Extinct by introduced predators in the subsequent 50 years.

Habitat:

It inhabited coastal swamps and marshes, taro patches and "continually …


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Kosrae Starling (Aplonis corvina)

Posted on 31 December, 1827 in Extinct • Tagged with Micronesia (Kosrea), family-STURNIDAE, extinct-1820s

Year Last Seen:

1827

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Kosrae, Micronesia, but it is now Extinct likely due to forest disturbance and predation by introduced rats. The last specimens were taken in 1827, and it was absent when the island was next visited in 1880.

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