Ascension Crake
Ascension Crake (<em>Mundia elpenor</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes &amp; 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).
