| Jamaican wood rail | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Extinct (1881) (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Amaurolimnas |
| Species: | A. concolor |
| Subspecies: | †A. c. concolor |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Amaurolimnas concolor concolor (P. H. Gosse, 1847) | |
The Jamaican wood rail, also called the Jamaican uniform rail was the nominate subspecies of the uniform crake found on Jamaica. It became extinct around 1881.
Appearance
The Jamaican wood rail was a reddish-brown bird some 10 inches in length.
Ecology
Although capable of flight, the wood rail was primarily a terrestrial bird, preferring to run to escape predators. It was originally widespread on the island, inhabiting swamps, jungle undergrowth and streambeds, to fairly high altitudes.
Extinction
Already rare and threatened by rats and cats, the Jamaican wood rail was ultimately driven to extinction shortly after the introduction of small Indian mongooses to Jamaica in 1872. The last specimens of the bird were collected in 1881.
References
- BirdLife International (2021). "Amaurolimnas concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22692601A163610586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22692601A163610586.en. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ Day, David (1989). The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species. Hong Kong: Mclaren Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-947889-30-2.
- Clive Roots (2006). Flightless Birds. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 131. ISBN 0-313-33545-1.
- Espeut, W. B. (1882). "On the acclimatization of the Indian mongoose in Jamaica". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (November): 712–714.
- David Watts; Alan R. H. Baker; Richard Dennis (1990). The West Indies: Patterns of Development, Culture and Environmental Change Since 1492. Cambridge University Press. p. 515. ISBN 0-521-38651-9.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Amaurolimnas concolor concolor | |