The Kosrae crake is only known by two specimens taken by von Kittlitz in December 1827 in the swamps of Kosrae. The two skins are now in the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. The story of its extinction is similar to the vanishing of the Kosrae starling (another extinct species from Kosrae).
The Kosrae crake's existence is only known through two specimens collected by von Kittlitz in December 1827 from the swamps of Kosrae. These skins are now housed at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. The extinction of the Kosrae crake, like that of the Kosrae starling, another extinct species from Kosrae, is a similar story.