Samoan Moorhen 🐦‍⬛

Samoan Moorhen

The Samoan woodhen ( Gallinula pacifica ), also known as Samoan wood rail , is a nearly flightless rail endemic to the Samoan island of Savai'i, and probably extinct. As it has evolved adaptations for a more terrestrial lifestyle and at least partly nocturnal habits, it is probably better placed in a distinct genus, Pareudiastes (which sometimes includes the more distinct Makira wood rail too), but this issue has not yet been thoroughly researched. It was known as puna'e ...