Image: Cabalus modestus

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Description: The Chatham Rail (Cabalus modestus, also Gallirallus modestus) is an extinct species of bird in the Rallidae family. It was endemic to New Zealand. It became extinct around the year 1900 due to introduced predators. The other bird is the New Zealand Quail, or koreke (the Māori name), Coturnix novaezelandiae. It has been extinct since 1875.
Title: Cabalus modestus
Credit: Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (http://www.archive.org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth)
Author: Unknown (Book: Lionel Walter Rothschild)
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