1913 photograph of live specimen by Alfred M. Bailey
Conservation status
Extinct (1944) (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Zapornia
Species:
†Z. palmeri
Binomial name
†Zapornia palmeri
(Frohawk, 1892)
Map of Hawaii showing Laysan in the lower left inset box
Synonyms
Porzana palmeri Porzanula palmeri
The Laysan rail or Laysan crake (Zapornia palmeri) was a flightless bird endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan. This small island was and still is an important seabird colony, and sustained a number of endemic species, including the rail. It became extinct due to habitat loss by domestic rabbits, and ultimately World War II.
^BirdLife International (2016). "Zapornia palmeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692672A93363618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692672A93363618.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
The Laysanrail or Laysan crake (Zapornia palmeri) was a flightless bird endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian Island of Laysan. This small island was and...
Laysan (/ˈlaɪsɑːn/; Hawaiian: Kauō [kɐwˈoː]) is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, located 808 nautical miles (930 mi; 1,496 km) northwest of Honolulu...
the small island of Laysan, along with the Laysanrail (Porzana palmeri), the Laysan honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii), the Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis)...
The Laysan honeycreeper (Himatione fraithii), also known as the Laysan ʻapapane or Laysan honeyeater, is an extinct species of finch that was endemic...
his family unwittingly introduced rabbits to Laysan, leading to the extinction of the Laysanrail and Laysan millerbird and permanently changed the island's...
Laysan Millerbird (subsp.) Lord Howe Island Flycatcher Lord Howe Island Vinous-tinted Blackbird (subsp.) 1923 Laysan 'Apapane (subsp.) Iwo Jima Rail Lord...
habitat loss, this has led to the extinction of many species (such as the Laysanrail and Lyall's wren) and continues to threaten others, such as the Key deer...
flight to various extents. These include the Zapata rail of Cuba, the Okinawa rail of Japan, and the Laysan duck of Hawaii. All of these birds show adaptations...
The Laysan millerbird (Acrocephalus familiaris familiaris) was a subspecies of the millerbird, similar in appearance to the remaining subspecies, the Nihoa...
lighter form are all of smaller birds. This bird was only the size of a Laysanrail; it may have been the bird named iao or ʻiao, which would place its extinction...
Islands Hawaiian hawk or ʻio, Buteo solitarius NT Laysanrail, Porzana palmeri † EX Hawaiian rail or moho, Porzana sandwichensis † EX Hawaiian gallinule...
in 1922. "Benjamin", the last known thylacine, photographed in 1933. Laysanrail photographed in 1913. Japanese sea lion drawn by Philipp Franz von Siebold...
introduced in 1943 (the same black rats that caused the extinction of the Laysanrail) reduced the population of Bonin petrels from 500,000 birds to 32,000...
menehune Molokai Known from subfossil remains. Laysanrail Zapornia palmeri Laysan Disappeared from Laysan in 1923 after feral rabbits ate all the vegetation...
Minor Outlying Islands — Wake Island) (EU) (E) EX Laysanrail, Zapornia palmeri (EH) (E) EX Hawaiian rail, Zapornia sandwichensis (EH) (E) EX Spotless crake...
grey and black like its recently extinct relatives the Hawaiian rail and Laysanrail. It was flightless due to its small wings that were on average less...
re-introduced to the Nene Washes, eastern England (success as yet unknown). Laysanrail, unsuccessfully introduced to several islands in the Hawaiian Islands...
student there he participated in a three-month scientific expedition to Laysan, one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. After graduation in 1916, Bailey...
introduced by humans. The Wake Island rail was a species endemic to Wake Island, but it is now extinct. The Laysan duck is endemic to the Northwest Hawaiian...
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