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Saint Helena Crake Zapornia astrictocarpus



Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: (Olson, 1973)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was known from St Helena, but is now Extinct. It is likely to have been driven to extinction by introduced predators, over-hunting, and deforestation soon after the island was discovered in 1502.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Saint Helena Crake Zapornia astrictocarpus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/saint-helena-crake-zapornia-astrictocarpus on 13/12/2024.
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 13/12/2024.