Mundia elpenor

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	GRUIFORMES	RALLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Mundia elpenor

Species Authority:

(Olson, 1973)

Common Name/s:

English

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Ascension Crake, Ascension Flightless Crake

Assessment Information [top]

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

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Atlantisia elpenor was endemic to Ascension Island (to UK) from where it is known from numerous bones¹, and Mundy's description and sketch from 1656². Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of rats to the island in the 18th century, although it may have survived until the introduction of cats in 1815².

Range Description:

Atlantisia elpenor was endemic to Ascension Island (to UK) from where it is known from numerous bones¹, and Mundy's description and sketch from 1656². Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of rats to the island in the 18th century, although it may have survived until the introduction of cats in 1815².

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It presumably lived in the near-desert interior of the island, feeding primarily on Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata eggs².
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of rats and cats².

Major Threat(s):

Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of rats and cats².

Citation:	BirdLife International 2008. Mundia elpenor. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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