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Kosrae Crake
It was discovered in 1827 by Heinrich von Kittlitz. Von Kittlitz described its plumage as general black with bluish gloss. The quills were more brownish. The chin and the middle of the troat were brown. The surface of its tail were brownish-black. The undertail coverts exhibit white spots. The inner wing coverts were brownish and were spotted with white. The outer edged of the first primary was dull brown. Eyes, legs and feet had a reddish hue. The bill was black. Its size was about 18 cm.
Original source: By J. G. Keulemans, in W.L. Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 2nd edition. Published 1888.Permission(Reusing this file) This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
Author: By J. G. Keulemans, in W.L. Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 2nd edition. Published 1888.Permission(Reusing this file) This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Kosrae Crake is classified as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died.
The Kosrae Crake is only known by two specimens taken by von Kittlitz in December 1827 in the swamps of Kosrae. The two skins are now in the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. The story of its extinction is similar to the vanishing of the Kosrae Island Starling (another extinct species from Kosrae). Even in 1828 von Kittlitz described this bird as uncommon. More
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