Family: Locustellidae (Grasshopper-warblers and grassbirds)

Authority: (Buller, 1869)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was formerly found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand, but is thought to have gone Extinct around 1892 when the last specimen was collected. Habitat destruction and invasive species were probably the major causes.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - oceanic island
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome