Species profile
Samoan Moorhen
Gallinula pacifica
Quick answer
Formerly Sava'i I. (w Samoa). Extinct; last reported 1873
- Scientific name
- Gallinula pacifica
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Gallinula
Recording Samoan Moorhen in your journal
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