Blue-faced rail

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Blue-faced rail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gymnocrex
Species:
G. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Gymnocrex rosenbergii
(Schlegel, 1866)

The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) or bald-faced rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

It has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and pollution. [1]

By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then. [2]

Description

Blue-faced rail on an Indonesian stamp Stamp of Indonesia - 2014 - Colnect 569769 - Blue faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii.jpeg
Blue-faced rail on an Indonesian stamp

The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail. [1] It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye [1] that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail, [1] and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 BirdLife International (2017). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22692604A110481172. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692604A110481172.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) - BirdLife species factsheet". 2017-04-11. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.