Oceania unusual biology such as the kakapo which is the world's only flightless, nocturnal, lek breeding parrot, but also many species that are similar to neighboring land areas. Some of the more well known and distinctive bird species in New Zealand are the kiwi, kea, takahe, kakapo, mohua, tui and the bellbird. The tuatara is a notable reptile endemic to New Zealand. The Pacific Islands are ruled by a tropical rainforest and tropical savanna climate. In the tropical and subtropical Pacific, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects weather conditions. In the tropical western Pacific, the monsoon and the related wet
New Guinea flightless rail and diverged strongly in some aspects, while otherwise adapting in similar ways. New Guinea flightless rail The New Guinea flightless rail ("Megacrex inepta"), also known as the Papuan flightless rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae, in the monotypic genus "Megacrex". Sometimes however, it was included in "Amaurornis" or "Habroptila", but this is incorrect. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. "M. inepta" is indeed closely related to "Amaurornis",