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571: 38: 81: 514: 267:, however there is little evidence that early human settlers ate small rails like the Astolfo's rail, as char marks were missing on the bones of rail skeletons. Despite the current lack of evidence, human predation is a proposed theory for the extinction of the Astolfo's rail. The species is believed to be either flightless or having reduced flight capacity, similar to other avians of the 646: 612: 555: 473: 661: 570: 641: 37: 656: 636: 318: 263:. Occupation of the cave likely dates back to between 1400 and 1600 CE. The species likely became extinct after human settlement on 666: 676: 232: 651: 605: 548: 80: 671: 598: 541: 441: 486: 176: 631: 55: 75: 491: 582: 525: 578: 372: 306: 296: 260: 236: 224: 417: 352: 301: 252: 625: 464: 392: 513: 288: 152: 142: 521: 309:, Astolfo becomes trapped on a remote island because of the sorceress Alcina. 212: 132: 64: 420:; Kennett, Douglas J.; Comte, Eric (2012). "The prehistory of Rapa Island". 377: 356: 248: 92: 458: 292: 268: 264: 256: 228: 220: 112: 28: 478: 284: 280: 102: 435: 216: 122: 439: 361:, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia" 586: 529: 448: 346: 344: 342: 340: 338: 336: 334: 247:This rail species was described in 2021 from a 606: 549: 8: 255:at the Tangarutu Cave site on the island of 45:Artistic reconstruction of Astolfo's rail, 613: 599: 556: 542: 436: 36: 20: 376: 330: 195:Salvador, Anderson & Tennyson, 2021 393:"Astolfo's Rail, Gallirallus astolfoi" 7: 567: 565: 510: 508: 585:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 528:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 647:Late Quaternary prehistoric birds 319:List of birds of French Polynesia 569: 512: 79: 283:honors the fictional character 355:; Tennyson, Alan J.D. 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Holocene

Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Gruiformes
Rallidae
Gallirallus
Binomial name
extinct
bird
Rallidae
family
Rapa Iti
Bass Islands
French Polynesia
subfossil
Atholl Anderson
Rapa Iti
French Polynesia
Rapa Iti
Rallidae
epithet
Astolfo
Charlemagne

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