Fiji Post dedicated to the extinct bird species by issuing a set of two stamps series which represented in one beautiful miniature sheet on December 3, 2007. The species featured on stamps is the Barred-winged Rail (Nesoclopeus poecilopterus).
The Barred-winged Rail (Nesoclopeus poecilopterus) was a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It was endemic to Fiji. It has not been recorded since 1973 and is now Extinct.
Nesoclopeus poecilopterus was a flightless island ground-nesting forest/freshwater swamp dweller and is believed to have disappeared after the introduction of the mongoose and cats to the islands.
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