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 the last specimen was collected in 1892 and it has not been recorded since 1900. Habitat destruction and invasive species were probably the major causes of its extinction.

Population size: 0 mature individuals

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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