Henderson crake

Rallidae. It is endemic to Henderson Island in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Its natural habitat is dense to open forest.^[1]

Argusia embayment forests and coconut groves on the beaches.^[2] It is omnivorous and appears to be an opportunistic feeder, taking advantage of seasonal increases in prey.^[2] It forages in the leaf-litter, gleaning items such as skink Emoia cyanura eggs from the undersides of fallen leaves, large nematodes, beetles, moths, spiders, dead caterpillars, land snails and small insects.^[2] The breeding season is long, extending from late July to mid February (double broods are not uncommon) and clutch-size is 2–3.^[2] Helpers may provide extraparental care such as defending eggs and chicks from crabs and rats. Based on a small sample, adult annual survival is at least 43%, and reproductive success is a minimum of 0.95 chicks surviving to one month old per pair, per annum.^[2]