▁other ▁Rod rig ues ▁birds ▁are ▁known ▁to ▁bre ed ▁at ▁this ▁time , ▁so ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁that ▁the ▁star ling ▁did ▁the ▁same . ▁ ▁Many ▁other ▁species ▁en demic ▁to ▁Rod rig ues ▁became ▁ext inct ▁after ▁humans ▁arrived , ▁and ▁the ▁island ' s ▁e cos ystem ▁is ▁now ▁heavily ▁dam aged . ▁Before ▁humans ▁arrived , ▁for ests ▁completely ▁covered ▁the ▁island , ▁but ▁very ▁little ▁remains ▁today . ▁The ▁Rod rig ues ▁star ling ▁lived ▁alongside ▁other ▁recently ▁ext inct ▁birds , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁sol itaire , ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁par rot , ▁Newton ' s ▁par ake et , ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁rail , ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁ow l , ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁night ▁her on , ▁and ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁p ige on . ▁Ext inct ▁re pt iles ▁include ▁the ▁dom ed ▁Rod rig ues ▁giant ▁tort o ise , ▁the ▁s addle - back ed ▁Rod rig ues ▁giant ▁tort o ise , ▁and ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁day ▁ge cko . ▁ ▁Ext inction ▁Leg u at ▁mentioned ▁that ▁p ige ons ▁only ▁b red ▁on ▁is lets ▁off ▁Rod rig ues , ▁due ▁to ▁pred ation ▁from ▁r ats ▁on ▁the ▁main land . ▁This ▁may ▁be ▁the ▁reason ▁why ▁T aff oret ▁only ▁observed ▁the ▁Rod rig ues ▁star ling ▁on ▁an ▁is let . ▁By ▁T aff oret ' s ▁visit ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 6 , ▁the ▁bird