Ascension crake
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ascension-crake-249-4608664
title:
Ascension crake
text:
The Ascension crake is an extinct flightless bird that previously lived on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Like many other flightless birds on isolated islands, it was a rail. It was declared extinct by Groombridge in 1994; BirdLife International confirmed this in 2000 and 2004. The bird was endemic to Ascension Island. Numerous subfossil bones of the bird have been found in deposits at the base of vertical fumaroles. Peter Mundy, a 17th-century merchant and traveler gave an accoun
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Extinct species of bird
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_crake
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date modified:
2023-04-28T12:53:38Z
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