Wake Island Rail

The extinct Wake Island Rail was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, but not on Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters.

The Wake Island Rail is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.

The extinct Wake Island Rail (Gallirallus wakensis) was a flightless rail and the only native land bird on the Pacific atoll of Wake. It was found on the islands of Wake and Wilkes, but not on Peale, which is separated from the others by a channel of about 100 meters. More

The flightless Wake Island Rail was the island's only known nearly flightless ground-nesting shore/beachgrass landbird endemic to Wake Island. Last seen in the 1940s, it is believed to have became extinct when the Japanese garrison, cut off from resupply in 1944-1945, turned to hunting and fishing to avoid starvation. More

The flightless Wake Island Rail was the island's only known native land bird. It became extinct when the Japanese garrison, cut off from resupply in 1944-45, turned to hunting and fishing to avoid starvation. History - Remnant artillery on Wake Island. More

The Wake Island Rail became a victim of World War II. It was hunted and eaten to extinction after the Japanese forces who occupied this island in 1941 became cut off from the supply route in 1944. Because of its flightlessness and curiosity it was easy for just two men to catch them barehanded. The last rail was killed in 1945 by the starving soldiers. Source: Answers.com, content from Wikipedia http://www.answers. More

The flightless Wake Island Rail was the island's only known native landbird. It became extinct when the Japanese garrison, cut off from resupply in 1944-45, turned to hunting and fishing to avoid starvation. Retrieved from " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_Island" This reference article is mainly selected from the English Wikipedia with only minor checks and changes (see www.wikipedia.org for details of authors and sources) and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer. More

Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Extinct Family/Sub-family Rallidae Species name author (Rothschild, 1903) Taxonomic source(s) Brooks (2000), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) Summary Gallirallus wakensis was endemic to Wake Island in the central Pacific Ocean, United States Minor Outlying Islands (to USA)1. More

Wake Island Rail Gallirallus wakensis IUCN Red List history Year Category 2008 Extinct 2004 Extinct 2000 Extinct 1994 Extinct 1988 Extinct Endemic Bird Area Distribution EBA name Wake Island Country/Territory distribution Country/Territory More

The Wake Island Rail was a flightless bird endemic to Wake, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean. This land bird was found in abundance in its natural habitat, until when the World War II broke out. In course of the war, the Japanese forces who occupied the island were cut off from food supply and hence were left with no other option but to hunt and eat Wake Island Rails. Being a flightless land bird, it was an easy task to capture this bird bare handedly. More

the Wake Island Rail population began declining rapidly, and finally the bird became extinct in 1945. White-faced Owl The White-faced owl, also referred to as the Laughing owl, was an owl species native to New Zealand. The main reasons which led to extinction of the White-faced owl were loss of habitat and collection of these species as a research specimen. The population of this species had declined considerably by the end of the 19th century. More

* Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis (Wake Island, Micronesia, 1945) * Tahiti Rail, Gallirallus pacificus (Tahiti, Society Islands, late 18th - 19th century) * Dieffenbach's Rail, Gallirallus dieffenbachii (Chatham Islands, SW Pacific, mid-19th century) * Sharpe's Rail, Gallirallus sharpei (Indonesia?, 20th century?) A bird known from a single skin of unknown origin. More