Gallirallus pacificus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	GRUIFORMES	RALLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Gallirallus pacificus

Species Authority:

(Gmelin, 1789)

Common Name/s:

English

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Tahiti Rail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
2000	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct
1988	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Gallirallus pacificus is known only from Forster's painting from Tahiti, French Polynesia, in the British Museum², from Cook's second voyage in 1773³, although there were reports from Tahiti until 1844, and from the nearby Mehetia until the 1930s¹.
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nothing is known.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It was flightless, and its extinction was presumably caused by introduced cats and rats¹.

Major Threat(s):

It was flightless, and its extinction was presumably caused by introduced cats and rats¹.

Bibliography [top]

	Bruner, P. L. 1972. The birds of French Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K. Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K. Taylor, B.; van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Bruner, P. L. 1972. The birds of French Polynesia. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.

Knox, A. G.; Walters, M. P. 1994. Extinct and endangered birds in the collections of the Natural History Museum. British Ornithologists' Club, Tring, U.K.

Stattersfield, A. J.; Crosby, M. J.; Long, A. J.; Wege, D. C. 1998. Endemic bird areas of the world: priorities for bird conservation. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Taylor, B.; van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Gallirallus pacificus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2012.
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