Barred rail
| Barred rail | |
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| G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | H. torquata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypotaenidia torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The barred rail (Hypotaenidia torquata) is a species of rail found across the Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea). The species is common, but shy and difficult to see.[2]
Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.[3]
See also
[edit]- Wake Island rail (an extinct rail of Pacific, that only lived on Wake island)
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Hypotaenidia torquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22692418A131875659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22692418A131875659.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Taylor, B. (2018). Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53613 on 4 August 2018).
- ^ Elliott, Andrew; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020-03-04), Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.), "Tabon Scrubfowl (Megapodius cumingii)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.tabscr1.01, retrieved 2023-09-01
- A Guide to the birds of the philippines(2000) Robert S. Kennedy pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C, Dickinson Hector C. Miranda, jr. & Timothy H. Fisher
External links
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Media related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikispecies
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