Forbes's Forest Rail
Rallicula forbesiSharpe, RB, 1887
English (US) Forbes's Forest Rail
The Forbes's Forest Rail (Rallicula forbesi) 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 Sarothruridae (Flufftails) in the order Gruiformes.
- Scientific name
- Rallicula forbesi
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Forbes's Forest Rail
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1887
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Rallicula forbesi parva
- Rallicula forbesi forbesi
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1887
- Type locality
- Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea.
- Original description
- The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia pt23 pl.70,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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