Ascension Crake
Mundia elpenor
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.
- Scientific name
- Mundia elpenor
- Family
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- IUCN status
- EX