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New Caledonia Gallinule Porphyrio kukwiedei



Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: Balouet & Olson, 1989

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is known from New Caledonia's Grande Terre, but has not been recorded since 1860 and is now Extinct. Hunting and invasive species were the principal drivers of its decline.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Caledonia Gallinule Porphyrio kukwiedei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-caledonia-gallinule-porphyrio-kukwiedei on 29/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 29/12/2024.