
	Where results make sense

Topic: Laysan Rail

Related Topics

Rail

Hawaiian honeycreeper

List of extinct animals

Dodo

Xerces Blue

Great Bustard

Great Auk

Quagga

Cape Lion

Atlas Bear

Caribbean Monk Seal

Irish Elk

List of extinct animals of the British Isles

Plains Zebra

Aurochs

	Laysan Finch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Laysan Finch is named for Laysan, the island to which it was endemic on its discovery (it was subsequently introduced to a few other atolls).
		On its discovery the Laysan Finch was an endemic resident to the small island of Laysan, along with the Laysan Rail and the Laysan Millerbird.
		The Laysan Finch is a generalist, feeding on seeds, small insects, fruits, carrion (of seabirds and Hawaiian Monk Seals), and the eggs of nesting seabirds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laysan_Finch (458 words)

	Laysan Rail -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Laysan Rail was a tiny inhabitant of the North West (A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands) Hawaiian (An island consisting of a circular coral reef surrounding a lagoon) atoll of (additional info and facts about Laysan) Laysan.
		Once the rail had become extinct on Laysan moves were made to both re-introduce the rail to its old home and take some to the main islands of Hawaii, along with Laysan Finches, to form a (The act of conducting a controlled test or investigation) experimental population.
		Rails were collected for this, however the idea was held up by red-tape, some people in the United States Biological Survey were concerned that the Laysan Finch, if it escaped on the main islands, would become a serious (A persistently annoying person) pest.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/La/Laysan_Rail.htm (753 words)

	The Life History of the Laysan Rail
		The biology of the Laysan Rail is probably similar to that of other island-dwell- ing rails such as Porzana tabuensis and to such continental forms as the fl rails (Laterallus) and the yellow rails (Coturniculus).
		The principal observers of the Laysan Rail and the dates of their observations in the field 6n Laysan Island are: Palmer and Munro, June 16-28, 1891; Schauinsland, June 24 and throughout the summer of 1896; Fisher, May 16-23, 1902; and Dill, April 25-June 5, 1911.
		The rail was seen by sailors of the Moller in 1828, on Laysan Island, according to Kittliz (Rothschild, 1900:v).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v049n01/p0014-p0021.html (6938 words)

	Laysan crake - Porzana palmeri: More Information - ARKive
		Endemic to Laysan Island in the Hawaiian archipelago, the Laysan crake briefly occupied several other Hawaiian Islands in the years before its extinction, as attempts were made to conserve it via translocations (1).
		This small, flightless member of the rail family was very rapid on the ground (3), and would feed opportunistically on invertebrates and the eggs of seabirds.
		The Laysan crake was initially threatened by the habitat destruction caused by rabbits and guinea pigs that were introduced by guano diggers.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Porzana_palmeri/more_info.html (575 words)

	Extinct Bird Species
		Dieffenbach's Rail Rallus Dieffenbachii 1840 Chatham Is. Sp Ext
		Mueller's Rail Rallus Pectoralis Muelleri 1966 Auckland Is. Sb Pox
		Laysan Rail Porzanula Palmeri 1944 Midway Is. Sp Ext
	www.ornithology.com /extinct.html (2887 words)

	NWHI : Research : NWHI RAMP 2004 : Features : Relocating Laysan Ducks
		The Laysan duck was believed to be endemic to Laysan Island (it was found historically on neighboring Lisianski Island, but was extirpated in the early 20th century), but in 1995 evidence from bones revealed that the duck once inhabited the islands of Hawaii, Molokai, Maui, Oahu, and Kauai.
		The Laysan duck was also hunted for sport and for food, but it was the devegetation caused by the rabbits that drove the duck close to extinction.
		Laysan ducks are teal sized, between 15 and 17 inches in length, are brown with a bright green-blue to purple speculum (the distinctive feathers on the secondary wing feathers), and have a white area eye ring.
	www.hawaiianatolls.org /research/NWHIRAMP2004/features/laysan-ducks.php (1354 words)

	War and the Birds of Midway Atoll
		The main factor in the extermination of the rail was the overrunning of both islets with rats, which escaped to Midway from ships in 1943.
		The absence of the Laysan Finches on Midway was attested by.
		Atsatt (1945:49-51) states that the disappearance of the finch was as abrupt as that of the rail, but the rail was exter- minated first.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v048n01/p0003-p0015.html (14683 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Laysan finches, along with the other Hawaiian honeycreepers, were formerly considered to be in a separate family, the Drepanididae, but are now considered to be a unique subfamily, the Drepanidinae, under the family Fringillidae (08, 14).
		Laysan finches have also been seen entering seabird burrows, but it is unclear what they might be getting or doing there (39); possibly they are looking for invertebrates or preying on eggs.
		Laysan finches on Laysan Island have been observed feeding on leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds of Sesuvium portulacastrum (03,49); leaves and seeds of Eragrostis variabilis (03,15,39); leaves, seeds, stems, roots, and buds of Boerhavia diffusa (03,10,15,31,52); leaves, stems, seeds, flowers, and seedlings of Tribulus cistoides (03,10,15,31,39,49,52); leaves, apical buds, and seeds of Portulaca spp.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e101041.htm (6758 words)

	Laysan duck nests are nurturing hope - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		This endangered Laysan duck is one of three transplants that have built nests on Midway's Sand Island.
		Three species — the Laysan rail, the Laysan honeycreeper and the Laysan millerbird — became extinct, and by 1911 records showed there were only 11 Laysan ducks left.
		Klavitter said biologists have been tracking ducks on Laysan that were the same age as the Midway birds, but only half had survived due to greater competition for resources and limited food and water.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/May/16/ln/ln20p.html (750 words)

	LAYSAN TEAL IN CAPTIVITY
		CONCLUSION The size of the eggs of the Laysan Teal, and the size of the ducklings are both extraordinarily large in proportion to the adult birds which are the size of teal.
		Laysan Island is about two miles long and one mile wide with a small brackish pond in the center, and lies in the Leeward chain of the Hawaiian Archipelago, about 800 miles northwest of Honolulu.
		At a later time, the date is not clear, the rabbits on Laysan were extermi- nated with the result that the vegetation has now been restored and there is a prolific growth of grasses, portulaca, casuarina, solander and a few coconut palms.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v072n03/p0244-p0247.html (2192 words)

	News Release - NOWRAMP Expedition
		In just shy of one decade, a handful of dedicated staff and volunteers have been able to assist Laysan island to transform itself from weed-stricken place where wildlife were more challenged to survive, to a place where native plants are once again abundant and bird populations are on the rebound.
		In 30 years, the impact of guano mining, feather poaching, and rabbits combined, caused a 97% crash in the Laysan albatross population alone, which went from an estimated one million in 1891 to about 30,000 in 1923.
		Like the millerbird and honeycreeper, the rail was endemic to Laysan, meaning it only existed on the island and no where else on the planet.
	www.bishopmuseum.org /research/nwhi/nr22.shtml (1622 words)

	Laysan Island
		Laysan Island is situated at the northwestern end of the Hawaiian Islands, 800 miles from Honolulu.
		Of the twenty-three species found on Laysan, five were found nowhere else in the world.
		Their extinction was due to the unfortunate introduction of rabbits to Laysan in 1903 as a commercial venture.
	www.uiowa.edu /~nathist/Site/laysanisland.html (272 words)

	NWHI: Video: Tanager Expedition
		Rabitts that were introduced to Laysan in the late 1800's ate all the vegetation, leaving a barren wasteland, and just after this film was taken a strong storm came through and blew the last of the birds off the island, never to be seen or heard again.
		Complete habitat destruction by introduced rabbits on Laysan pre-1923 wiped the species out of it's home area, and an introduced population on Midway died off from the accidental introduction of rats and mosquitos during the Battle of Midway in 1942.
		The last rail was seen on Eastern Island in Midway in June 1944.
	www.hawaiianatolls.org /video/tanager.php (239 words)

	PI-Laysan Duck
		Laysan ducks are between 15 and 17 inches in length, are brown with a bright green-blue to purple speculum (the distinctive feathers on the secondary wing feathers), and have a white area of feathers around their eyes.
		Humans came to Laysan in the 1890s to mine guano, killing 300,000 seabirds in six months and eventually eliminating three endemic landbirds (Laysan Rail, Laysan Honeycreeper, and the Laysan Millerbird).
		The Laysan duck was very close to extinction with the lowest recorded number of 11 in 1911.
	www.fws.gov /pacificislands/wesa/ducklays.html (529 words)

	Zapata Rail
		RALLIDAE (Rails and Coots): Striped Crake; Cyanolimnas cerverai Zapata Rail; Neocrex colombianus Colombian Crake; Neocrex erythrops Paint-billed Crake; Pardirallus...
		Laysan Rail, Porzanula palmeri, 1944, Midway Is. Ext.
		Birdquest, Trip Report: The holy grail of the swamp, the Zapata Rail was not even heard this year because of a prolonged drought, which meant that its available habitat was restricted...
	specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/Zapata_Rail.shtml (1886 words)

	untitled
		The Laysan Duck is also presently confined to Laysan Island in the Northwest chain, but was once found throughout the Main Hawaiian Islands and has already been covered in a previous account on the Birding Hawaii Website.
		Laysan Finches were successfully introduced to Midway in 1891 and following years and survived until 1944 after the accidental introduction of rats.
		Laysan Finches breed successfully in captivity and the survival of the species was considered "assured" by Ely and Clapp (1973).
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /XNWEndemics2.htm (2425 words)

	Photo Album from Laysan Island
		"The little rails scampered hither and thither, like diminutive barnyard fowls, but soon returned craning their necks to discover why they had retreated." (Fisher, 1902)
		"The Laysan Rail is a wide-awake, inquisitive little creature, with an insatiable thirst for first-hand knowledge..
		Usually it was merely necessary to place the net on the ground edgewise, when presently a rail would make its appearance and proceed to examine the new phenomenon at close range.
	www.uiowa.edu /~nathist/Site/laysanrail-265.htm (379 words)

	Island Castaways
		By day, the small, endangered Laysan Duck hides in the thick grass and is invisible to both the soaring seabirds overhead and the researchers who study them.
		This catastrophe brought the Laysan Duck to the brink of extinction.
		Laysan has been designated as a National Wildlife Refuge since 1909, and the ducks were among the original endangered species listed in 1964 because of the threat of their extinction.
	hvo.wr.usgs.gov /volcanowatch/2000/00_03_16.html (831 words)

	Laysan Island Cyclorama
		first visited Laysan Island in 1902 as a scientific advisor on a U.S. government expedition to explore the Pacific waters around Hawaii.
		However, three unique birds living nowhere else in the world are extinct and gone forever: the Millerbird, the Laysan Honey-eater, and a very special flightless character called the Laysan Rail.
		With proper care the Laysan Island Cyclorama will continue to stand well into the century as a vivid and timeless ecological warning and a tribute to the valiant efforts of the University community to save one small corner of the planet.
	www.uiowa.edu /~nathist/Site/laysan-main.htm (420 words)

	NRDC Action Fund Blog: The King of Laysan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was during this period that the greatest calamity to befall Laysan occurred.
		The bird was soon extirpated from Laysan, but luckily it had been introduced to five nearby islands, where it managed to eke out a living until a Navy ship ran aground in 1943, accidentally introducing Norway rats.
		His bid to be appointed Laysan Island Game Warden was rejected, but for reasons unknown, he and his family were allowed to live on island where they subsisted on Hawaiian monk seals (an endangered species), sea turtles (an endangered species) and pickled albatross eggs.
	blog.nrdcactionfund.org /archives/2005/10/the_king_of_lay.html (919 words)

	Daily Journal - Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
		By the early 1920's, the Laysan Rail, Laysan Apapane, and the Laysan Millerbird were extinct and the Laysan Finch and Laysan Duck were in dire straits.
		They used to be called Laysan Teals, teals being smaller cousins of ducks, but I suppose a scientist had figured that they were more closely related to the duck than the teal side of the family - don't ask me how.
		Estimates of the population of the Laysan Duck range around 600, all found on the 900 acres of Laysan Island.
	www.bishopmuseum.org /research/nwhi/1015.shtml (1508 words)

	Laysan ducks introduced on Midway - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		A flock of endangered Laysan ducks is being established at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, about 1,250 miles northwest of Honolulu.
		The Laysan duck, whose scientific name is Anas laysanesis, had the smallest geographical range of any duck species in the world, with approximately 500 birds living on Laysan.
		Laysan ducks, between 15 and 17 inches in length, are brown with bright blue-green to purple feathers on their secondary wing feathers.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Oct/13/ln/ln24p.html (464 words)

	Laysan crake - Porzana palmeri - ARKive
		Status: The Laysan crake is classified as Extinct (EX) on the IUCN Red List 2004.
		The Laysan crake went extinct in 1944 following human disturbance and the introduction of non-native species.
		Laysan crake nest and eggs, taken in 1902
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Porzana_palmeri (122 words)

	11/4/2004~Draft Recovery Plan for the Laysan Duck Released for Review
		The Laysan Island population is stable or increasing when averaged over a continuous period of at least 15 years.
		The first humans known to live on Laysan came in the 1890s to mine phosphate ?rich bird droppings or guano.
		Laysan ducks are teal sized, between 15 and 17 inches in length, are brown with a bright green-blue to purple speculum (the distinctive feathers on the secondary flight feathers), and have a white area eye ring.
	news.fws.gov /NewsReleases/R1/0463534B-95FD-0AC0-7D9BDF7FA55A9149.html (888 words)

	Laysan Rail
		This small, 6 inch-long rail was first seen in 1828 by Russian sailors on Laysan when they reported the same or a similar species on Lisianski.
		With the introduction of rabbitts destroying the vegetation on Laysan in the 1910s, they were released onto Lisianski, Pearl and Hermes, and Midway.
		The last rails were seen in June 1944.
	hbs.bishopmuseum.org /good-bad/laysan-rail.html (156 words)

	HawaiiÕs Endemic Birds
		The Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) is known only from Laysan Island, a small atoll about halfway up the northwest Hawaiian Island chain.
		In addition to the waterbirds, the two rail species endemic to Hawaii are now extinct.
		One species, the Laysan rail (Porzana palmeri), known only from Laysan Island, became extinct after introduced rabbits nearly totally defoliated this small atoll in the early 1900's (Berger 1981).
	biology.usgs.gov /s+t/noframe/t018.htm (3081 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)