Atlantisia podarces

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:

Atlantisia podarces

Species Authority:

(Wetmore, 1963)

Common Name/s:

English

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St Helena 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 podarces was described from fossils by Wetmore as a St Helena (to UK) endemic genus, Aphanocrex², but re-assigned to Atlantisia by Olson¹. It presumably became extinct soon after the discovery of the island in 1502¹.

Range Description:

Atlantisia podarces was described from fossils by Wetmore as a St Helena (to UK) endemic genus, Aphanocrex², but re-assigned to Atlantisia by Olson¹. It presumably became extinct soon after the discovery of the island in 1502¹.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nothing is known.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It was large and flightless, and therefore probably hunted to extinction by humans and introduced predators.

Major Threat(s):

It was large and flightless, and therefore probably hunted to extinction by humans and introduced predators.

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