Rallina
| Rallina | |
|---|---|
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| Red-necked crake, Rallina tricolor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallina G.R. Gray, 1846 |
| Synonyms | |
|
Tomirdus Mathews, 1912 | |
Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains eight species found in forest and marshland in Asia and Australasia.[1] They are 18–34 cm long and mainly chestnut or brown, often with black and white markings.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Chestnut forest rail, Rallina rubra
- White-striped forest rail, Rallina leucospila
- Forbes's forest rail, Rallina forbesi
- Mayr's forest rail, Rallina mayri
- Red-necked crake, Rallina tricolor
- Andaman crake, Rallina canningi
- Red-legged crake, Rallina fasciata
- Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides
- Great Nicobar crake, Rallina sp. (proposed) [2][3]
The four forest-rails are sometimes split as a separate genus, Rallicula.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Taylor, Barry & Ber van Perlo (1998). Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Sussex: Pica Press.
- ↑ "An apparently new species of Rallina crake from Great Nicobar Island, India" (PDF). Birding Asia 17. 2012.
- ↑ Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide.
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