White-striped Forest Rail
Rallicula leucospila(Salvadori, AT, 1876)
English (US) White-striped Forest Rail
The White-striped Forest Rail (Rallicula leucospila) 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.
Range: montane forest of western New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rallicula leucospila
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-striped Forest Rail
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corethrura? leucospila
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1876)
- Type locality
- Arfak Mountains, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 7(1875) p.975
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Mayr's Forest Rail
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White-spotted Flufftail
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Buff-spotted Flufftail
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Red-chested Flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Sarothrura lugens
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Sarothrura boehmi
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
Madagascar Flufftail
Sarothrura insularis
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