Chatham Island Takahē (Porphyrio kukwiedei)

Posted on 31 December, 1860 in Extinct • Tagged with New Caledonia (Grande Terre), family-RALLIDAE, extinct-1860s

Year Last Seen:

1860

Comments:

This species is known from New Caledonia's Grande Terre, but has not been recorded since 1860 and is now Extinct. Hunting and invasive species were the principal drivers of its decline.

Habitat:

It probably inhabited marshland.

Causes:

Hunting and the depredations of introduced predators are …


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