Ascension crake [SEP] parent taxon
Ascension crake
The Ascension crake ("Mundia elpenor") is an extinct flightless bird that previously lived on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was declared extinct by Groombridge in 1994; BirdLife International confirmed this in 2000 and 2004. It is a member of the family Rallidae.
The bird was endemic to Ascension Island. Numerous subfossil bones of the bird have been found; Peter Mundy made a sketch of it in 1656. It most likely lived in the near-desert areas of the island and primarily
- Plain-flanked rail
- Virginia rail
- Ecuadorian rail
- Bogota rail
- Austral rail
- Water rail
- Brown-cheeked rail
- African rail
- Madagascan rail
- Brown-banded rail
- Lewin's rail
- Auckland rail
- White-throated rail
- Reunion rail
- Red rail
- Rodrigues rail
- African crake
- Corn crake
- Rouget's rail
- Snoring rail
- Ascension crake
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