Keywords: Cabalus modestus.png en The Chatham Rail Cabalus modestus also Gallirallus modestus is an extinct species of bird in the Rallidae family It was endemic to New Zealand It became extinct around the year 1900 due to introduced predators The other bird is the New Zealand Quail or koreke the Māori name Coturnix novaezelandiae It has been extinct since 1875 Extinct birds an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times that is within the last six or seven hundred years to which are added a few which still exist but are on the verge of extinction By Lionel Walter Rothschild 2nd Baron Rothschild 8 February 1868 27 August 1937 http //www archive org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth Unknown Book Lionel Walter Rothschild 1907 Not in copyright Public Domain Extinctbirds1907 P28 Cabalus modestus0347 png PD-old Rallidae in art Extinct Birds Rothschild book 28a Gallirallus modestus |