Inaccessible Island Rail: The World’s Smallest Flightless Bird
In the remote South Atlantic, the volcanic Inaccessible Island, a part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, is home to one of the planet’s most remarkable birds, the Inaccessible Island Rail (Atlantisia rogersi), which thrives despite the island’s name. What makes this bird so fascinating? Measuring only a few inches in length, it holds the…