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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
White-striped Forest Rail
Described by
(Salvadori, AT, 1876)

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Taxonomic 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.

See all 15 species of the family Sarothruridae