Porzana rua Steadman, 1987:28
Mangaia crake, mo'o mo'o (cryptid)*
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
* David Steadman talked with native Mangaians who mentioned a small black rail called the mo'o mo'o, which may be a surviving population of [i]P. rua[/i] (see Hume & Walters, 2012:331).
Distribution
Mangaia Cook Islands, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Steadman, David W. (1987). Two new species of rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands. Pacific Science 40(1-4): 27-43.
Other references:
Hume, Julian Pender and Walters, Michael. (2012). Extinct Birds. London: T & AD Poyser.
Livezey, Bradley C. (1998). A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae). Phil.Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 353: 2077-2151.
Steadman, David W. (1995). Prehistoric Extinctions of Pacific Island Birds: Biodiversity Meets Zooarchaeology. Science 267(5201): 1123-1131.