Pink-legged Rail
Gallirallus insignis(Sclater, PL, 1880)
English (US) Pink-legged Rail
The Pink-legged Rail (Gallirallus insignis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: forest of New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gallirallus insignis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Pink-legged Rail
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1880)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus insignis
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1880)
- Type locality
- New Britain, type from Kahabadai.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880, pt.1 p.66 pl.8
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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