Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis)
About the Buff-banded Rail
The buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae. This species comprises several subspecies found throughout much of Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the Philippines (where it is known as tikling), New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand (where it is known as the banded rail, or moho-pererū in Māori), and numerous smaller islands, covering a range of latitudes from the tropics to the subantarctic. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Vanuatu · xeno-canto lists 27 recordings for this species in total.
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Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.