Brown-cheeked Rail
Rallus indicusBlyth, E, 1849
English (US) Brown-cheeked Rail
The Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) 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: breeds eastern Siberia to Japan; winters to southeastern Asia and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rallus indicus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-cheeked Rail
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1849
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1849
- Type locality
- Lower Bengal and India generally.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18, pt.2 p.820
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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