Gallirallus dieffenbachii
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AVES |
GRUIFORMES |
RALLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Gallirallus dieffenbachii |
| Species Authority: |
(Gray, 1843) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Dieffenbach's Rail |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Extinct
ver 3.1
|
| Year Assessed: |
2008 |
| Assessor/s: |
BirdLife International |
| Reviewer/s: |
Bird, J., Butchart, S. |
| History: |
| 2004 |
– |
Extinct
|
| 2000 |
– |
Extinct
|
| 1994 |
– |
Extinct
|
| 1988 |
– |
Extinct
|
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Gallirallus dieffenbachii was endemic to Chatham, Mangere and Pitt Islands, New Zealand3. It is known from the type, in Tring2, with one other specimen reported to be in Bremen1, and from abundant subfossil material5. The species was already scarce when the type was collected in 1840, and was extinct by 18723.
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Nothing is known, though it may have inhabited scrub or forest.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
Its extinction was presumably due to predation by introduced rats, cats and dogs, and habitat loss from fire3.
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