Atlantisia podarces

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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 – St Helena Crake

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:	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.
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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.

Bibliography [top]

Olson, S. L. 1973. Evolution of the rails of the South Atlantic Islands (Aves: Rallidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 152: 1-53. Wetmore, A. 1963. An extinct rail from the island of St Helena. Ibis 103: 379-381.