Kauaʻi record · kba_bird_laysan_rail
Laysan Rail
Zaporinia palmeri
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About Laysan Rail
Laysan Rail (Zaporinia palmeri) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.
Kauaʻi evidence
A Hawaiʻi-level record is available, but the species needs a documented Kauaʻi observation before local ecological conclusions are drawn.
Occurrence evidence
island_checklist_no_kauai_code
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Zaporinia palmeri
- Common names
- Laysan Rail
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- No Kauaʻi occurrence code in 2017 island checklist; further evidence needed
- Origin
- Endemic; extinct
- Conservation status
- Extinct
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- This historical record does not establish occurrence on Kauaʻi.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Wetlands · Marshes · Taro fields · Ponds · Estuaries
- Food and resource needs
- Food and resources may include intertidal, mudflat, wetland, turf, or freshwater invertebrates, with seeds or plant matter included for rail/coot-type records
- Reproduction
- Historical breeding requirements are incompletely documented.
- Shelter
- Shelter and structure within wetlands, marshes, taro fields.
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Wetland loss, altered hydrology, predators, invasive competitors, hybridization, botulism/disease, disturbance, drought, and contaminated runoff
- Conservation actions
- Wetland protection, hydrology management, predator control, fencing, vegetation management, hybridization monitoring, and refuge-based seasonal counts
- Monitoring
- Document date, place, observer, habitat, behavior, and supporting media for any Kauaʻi observation.
- Data gaps
- Historical range and ecological details remain incomplete
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Extinct Historical
- Seasonal description
- Laysan Rail (Zaporinia palmeri) appears in the wider Hawaiian bird catalog, but the Bishop Museum's 2017 island checklist has no Kauaʻi occurrence code for it. An island-specific record is needed before claiming local presence.