Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This species was known from Tahiti, but presumably went Extinct soon after it was last described in 1784. Introduced predators are likely to have been responsible.
Population justification
No extant population remains.
Zapornia nigra is known from two illustrations, one by Georg Forster from Tahiti, French Polynesia, from James Cook's second voyage (1772-1775), and the other by John Frederick Miller from 1784, and by subsequent descriptions by John Latham and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. It presumably became extinct soon after (Walters 1988). The species also possibly occurred on Mangaia (Hume 2017).
Nothing is known.
Introduced predators are likely to have led to its demise.
Text account compilers
Vine, J.
Contributors
Brooks, T., Khwaja, N. & Mahood, S.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Miller's Rail Zapornia nigra. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/millers-rail-zapornia-nigra on 24/11/2024.
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 24/11/2024.