Ascension Crake

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Ascension Crake (<em>Mundia elpenor</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (<em>Rallidae</em>) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Overview

Ascension Crake (Mundia elpenor) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Mundia; binomial: Mundia elpenor; authority: (Olson, 1973).

Distribution

Breeding range: the Atlantic Ocean.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extinct in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

See Fuller (2002); Bourne et al. (2003). Possibly part of the Laterallus clade (Garcia-R et al. 2020). May be sister to Laterallus (Atlantisia) rogersi (Stervander et al. 2019).

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