Barred rail
Species of bird
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The barred rail (Gallirallus torquatus) is a species of rail found across the Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea). The species is common, but shy and difficult to see.[2] The species was formerly sometimes placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.
| Barred rail | |
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| G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | G. torquatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gallirallus torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.[3]
See also
- Wake Island rail (an extinct rail of Pacific, that only lived on Wake island)
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