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Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis mellori)

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis mellori), Penguin Island, Western Australia

 

Ebird checklist:

ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35057670

 

The buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae. This species comprises several subspecies found throughout much of Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the Philippines (where it is known as tikling), New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand (where it is known as the banded rail or moho-pereru in Māori), and numerous smaller islands, covering a range of latitudes from the tropics to the Subantarctic.

 

Source: Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail

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Uploaded on April 26, 2017
Taken on March 9, 2017