Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: Milne-Edwards, 1867

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was found in the Mascarene Islands, but has been extinct since the early 1700s. The drivers of its decline are unknown, but hunting and introduced predators are presumed to have contributed.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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