Family: Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Authority: Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species formerly occurred on New Zealand's North, South, and Great Barrier islands, but is now Extinct, probably primarily due to widespread burning of habitat, introduced predators and diseases spread by introduced game birds. A bird that died in 1875 is thought to represent the last individual of the species.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial