Fiji Bar-winged Rail (Rallina [Nesoclopeus] poeciloptera)

• last collected ca. 1890 on Viti Levu

• flightless island ground-nesting forest/freshwater swamp dweller endemic to Fiji Islands

• specimens in Boston, London, New York

• disappeared after introduction of mongoose

• References:

Greenway, J. C.  Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World  QL676.7.G7 1967   p.230

Ziswiler, V.  Extinct and Vanishing Animals  QL88.Z513 1967 p.108

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Causes	Endangerment	Pleistocene Timing	Pleistocene Origin	101 Calendar
Historical Era	Birds Map	Mammals Map	References	358 Calendar

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