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The Inaccessible Island rail (Atlantisia rogersi) is a bird found only on Inaccessible Island in the South Atlantic Tristan Archipelago. This rail, the smallest extant flightless bird, was described by physician Percy Lowe in 1923. The adult has brown plumage, a black bill, black feet, and red eyes. It occupies most habitats on the island, from the beaches to the central plateau, feeding on a variety of small invertebrates and some plant matter. Pairs are territorial and monogamous; both parents incubate the eggs and raise the chicks. The rail's adaptations to living on a tiny island at high densities include low base metabolic rates, small clutch sizes, and flightlessness. Unlike many other oceanic islands, Inaccessible Island has remained free from introduced predators, allowing this species to flourish while many other flightless rails have gone extinct. The species is nevertheless considered vulnerable, due to the danger of a single catastrophe wiping out the small, isolated population. (Full article...)
Sabine's Sunbird: you know the drill :) Sorry for the deluge ... this is the last one of yours for the 2017 FACs. - Dank (push to talk) 03:24, 11 January 2020 (UTC)
- Maybe - due to the danger of a single catastrophe wiping out the small, isolated population. Or something to that effect? Sabine's Sunbird talk 07:54, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Done, but I had to cut elsewhere to keep it under 1025, see if that works for you. (Now 1023!) - Dank (push to talk) 11:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
- Small tweak: extant -> remaining (since many others have gone extinct in recent centuries). - Dank (push to talk) 04:17, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
- Done, but I had to cut elsewhere to keep it under 1025, see if that works for you. (Now 1023!) - Dank (push to talk) 11:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)