| Blue-faced rail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gymnocrex |
| Species: | G. rosenbergii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866)
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The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) or bald-faced rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692604A110481172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692604A110481172.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) - BirdLife species factsheet". 2017-04-11. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.