Pink-legged rail

Pink-legged rail
Adult and a juvenile in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Species:
G. insignis
Binomial name
Gallirallus insignis
(P.L. Sclater, 1880)
Synonyms

Hypotaenidia insignis

The pink-legged rail (Gallirallus insignis), also known as the New Britain rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

Taxonomy

The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

It is sometime placed in the genus Rallus. It is monotypic.

Description

The pink-legged rail is 33 cm (13 in) in length. It has a very short tail and is probably nearly flightless, but there are some reports it can fly well.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the island of New Britain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Hypotaenidia insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22692421A131928979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22692421A131928979.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Barry (2020). "New Britain Rail (Gallirallus insignis), version 1.0". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.nebrai1.01. ISSN 2771-3105.