Blue-faced rail
Species of bird
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The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) also bald-faced rail or Schlegel's rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gymnocrex |
| Species: | G. rosenbergii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866) | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.
It has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and pollution.[1]
By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then.[2]
Description
The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail.[1] It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye[1] that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail,[1] and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm.[1]
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