Barred rail

Barred rail
G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Hypotaenidia
Species:	H. torquata
Binomial name
Hypotaenidia torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
Rallus torquatusLinnaeus, 1766 Gallirallus torquatus(Linnaeus, 1766)

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

• Wake Island rail (an extinct rail of Pacific, that only lived on Wake island)

References

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. 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

• 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

• Media related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikispecies