The Inaccessible Island Rail, Atlantisia rogersi, is a small bird of the rail family, Rallidae. It is found only on Inaccessible Island in the Tristan Archipelago, and is notable for being the smallest extant flightless bird in the world. Unlike many other islands, Inaccessible Island has remained free from introduced predators, allowing this species to flourish while many other flightless birds, including the even smaller Stephens Island Wren, have perished. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia    Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... For other meanings of bird, see bird (disambiguation). ... Families  Otidae  Gruidae  Rallidae The diverse order Gruiformes contains about 12 bird families with, on first sight, little in common. ... Genera Sarothrura Himantornis Canirallus Coturnicops Micropygia Rallina Anurolimnas Laterallus Nesoclopeus Gallirallus Rallus Lewinia Dryolimnas Crex Rougetius Aramidopsis Atlantisia Aramides Amaurolimnas Gymnocrex Amaurornis Porzana Aenigmatolimnas Cyanolimnas Neocrex Pardirallus Eulabeornis Habroptila Megacrex Gallicrex Porphyrio Gallinula Fulica The family Rallidae is a large group of small to medium-sized birds which includes the... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Percy Roycroft Lowe (January 2, 1870 - August 18, 1948) was an English surgeon and ornithologist. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Orders Many - see section below. ... This article is about the domestic group. ... Genera Sarothrura Himantornis Canirallus Coturnicops Micropygia Rallina Anurolimnas Laterallus Nesoclopeus Gallirallus Rallus Lewinia Dryolimnas Crex Rougetius Aramidopsis Atlantisia Aramides Amaurolimnas Gymnocrex Amaurornis Porzana Aenigmatolimnas Cyanolimnas Neocrex Pardirallus Eulabeornis Habroptila Megacrex Gallicrex Porphyrio Gallinula Fulica The family Rallidae is a large group of small to medium-sized birds which includes the... Inaccessible Island is an extinct volcano, 14 square kilometres in area, rising out of the South Atlantic Ocean 45 km southwest of Tristan da Cunha. ... Tristan da Cunha is a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, at latitude 37°S, longitude 12°W. It is a dependency of St. ... ... The Stephens Island Wren (Xenicus lyalli) is the only known species to be entirely wiped out by a single individual. ...

This rail has an average weight of 30 grams and a length of 17 centimeters. It is dark rusty-brown above and dark grey below, with a short black bill and a red eye.

This rail is found throughout Inaccessible Island, but prefers grassland and open fern-bush. Its diet includes earthworms, moths, berries, and seeds. Earthworm is the common reference for the larger members of the Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. ... Lepidopteran on a flower. ... Several types of berries from the market, but none of these are true berries. ... A SeeD is a term given to mercenaries trained and employed by Balamb Garden in the Final Fantasy VIII video game. ...

A clutch of two eggs is laid between October and January; chicks are vulnerable to predation by the Tristan Thrush. An average Whooping Crane egg is 102 mm long, and weighs 208 grams A baby tortoise emerges from a reptile egg. ...

Two larger species from the same genus are extinct: The Ascension Flightless Rail (Atlantisia elpenor) disappeared around 1700, but was briefly mentioned and described by traveller and hobby naturalist Peter Mundy in 1656. Atlantisia podarces, the St. Helena Flightless Rail, disappeared around 1600 and has never been encountered by scientists. Both species became extinct due to predation by introduced species, mainly cats and rats. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus Schreber, 1775 The cat (also called domestic cat or house cat) is a small feline carnivorous mammal. ... Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ...

External link

• Description and conservation status (http://www.birdlife.net/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2881&m=1)
• Pictures of Tristan da Cunha stamps showing the Inaccessible Island Rail (http://www.bird-stamps.org/species/43037.htm)