Barred rail | |
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G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
Species: | H. torquata
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Binomial name | |
Hypotaenidia torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The barred rail (Hypotaenidia torquata) 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]
Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.[3]