Rallidae and Humans
Some larger, more abundant rails are hunted and their eggs collected for food. The Wake Island Rail was hunted to extinction by the starving Japanese garrison after the island was cut off from supply during World War II. At least two species, the Common Moorhen and the American Purple Gallinule, have been considered pests.
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