Laysan rail

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The Laysan rail or Laysan crake (Zapornia palmeri) was a flightless bird endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan. This small island was and still is an important seabird colony, and sustained a number of endemic species, including the rail. It became extinct due to habitat loss by domestic rabbits, and ultimately World War II.

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Laysan rail
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1913 photograph of live specimen by Alfred M. Bailey
Status_iucn3.1_EX.svg
Extinct (1944)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Zapornia
Species:
Z. palmeri
Binomial name
Zapornia palmeri
(Frohawk, 1892)
Synonyms

Porzana palmeri
Porzanula palmeri

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