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Makira Moorhen
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Makira Moorhen

Gallinula silvestris

FAMILY

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)

LAST DOCUMENTED

1929

(96 years)

REGION

Oceania

IUCN STATUS

Critically Endangered

Last Documented

The last specimen was collected from the island of Makira in the Solomon Islands (December 1929, AMNH 227850).

American Museum of Natural History, USA.

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