Zapornia monasa Kittlitz, 1858:30 (32?)
Kittlitz's rail, Kosrae Island crake, Kusaie Island crake, Kusaie crake, Ponape crake, Kusaie Island crake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Aphanolimnas monasa Kittlitz, 1858:30; Rallus monasa Kittlitz, 1858:30; Porzana monasa Kittlitz, 1858:30; Ortygometra tabuensis Finsch, 1880; Kittlitzia monasa Kittlitz, 1858:30
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: December 1827 (Day, 1981:87); 1827-1828 (BirdLife International, 2016)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Kosrae (=Kusaie) (& Ponape?), Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from two specimens in the Leningrad Museum (Day, 1981:87; BirdLife International, 2012).
Travers & Travers (1872:218) report the collection of a young specimen from the Chatham Islands sometime prior to 1872, however this is almost certainly mistaken.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kittlitz, F. H. v. (1858). Denkw. Reise russ. Amerikanach. Gotha: J. Perthes.
Other references:
Baker, R. H. (1951). The avifauna of Micronesia, its origin, evolution, and distribution. University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History 3(1): 1-359.
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BirdLife International. 2016. Zapornia monasa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22692708A93366211. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692708A93366211.en. Accessed on 18 June 2022.
Brooks, T. 2000. Extinct species. In: BirdLife International (ed.), Threatened Birds of the World, pp. 701-708. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona and Cambridge, U.K.
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