Rallina | |
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Red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: |
Rallina G.R. Gray, 1846 |
Type species | |
Rallus fasciatus
[1] Raffles, 1822
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Synonyms | |
Tomirdus Mathews, 1912 |
Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains four species found in forest and marshland in Asia and Australasia. [2] They are 18–34 cm long and mainly chestnut or brown, often with black and white markings. [3] They are four species that are now placed in the genus Rallicula that were previously included in the genus Rallina. In fact, some taxonomic authorities continue to place them there. A fifth species, the Great Nicobar crake was proposed but not accepted as a separate species. [4]
The genus contains the following four species: [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Rallina tricolor | Red-necked crake | the Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea lowlands and adjacent islands, and north-eastern Australia. | |
Rallina canningi | Andaman crake | Andaman Islands | |
Rallina fasciata | Red-legged crake | north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh,[2] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia | |
Rallina eurizonoides | Slaty-legged crake | India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to the Philippines and Indonesia. |