 Habitat loss has occurred through commercial harvesting of the sago , or conversion to rice cultivation and fishponds . The rail is a prized food for local people who catch it with traps made from strings of bark and hunt it with dogs . The only described nest was in an area well @-@ used by local villagers , and the rail may be more adaptable to habitat changes than had been thought . There were also several sightings in northeast Halmahera in 2008 and 2011 , extending the area in which this bird has been seen in recent years . 
 Habitat loss <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>has</mark></a> occurred through commercial harvesting of the sago , or conversion to rice cultivation and fishponds . The rail <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>a prized food for local people <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>catch it with traps made from strings of bark and hunt it with dogs . The only described nest was in an area well @-@ used by local villagers , and the rail may be more adaptable to habitat changes than <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> been thought . <a href='dey_it' title='5'><mark>There</mark></a> <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>were</mark></a> also several sightings in northeast Halmahera in 2008 and 2011 , extending the area in which this bird <a href='been_done' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> been seen in recent years . 
Habitat loss done occurred thru commercial harvesting of the sago , or conversion to rice cultivation and fishponds . da rail a prized food fa local people catch it with traps made from strings of bark and hunt it with dogs . The only described nest was in an area well @-@ used by local villagers , and the rail may be more adaptable to habitat changes than done been thought . It was also several sightings in northeast Halmahera in 2008 and 2011 , extending the area in which this bird done been seen in recent years .