Brown-banded rail

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Brown-banded rail

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Lewinia
Species:
L. mirifica
Binomial name
Lewinia mirifica
( & Amadon, 1959)
Synonyms

Lewinia mirificus (Parkes & Amadon, 1959) [orthographic error] Rallus mirificus mirificus Collar & Andrew, 1988)

The brown-banded rail (Lewinia mirifica) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, known from Luzon and Samar. Details about its life and breeding are not known.[2] Its habitat is listed to be cloudforest, near pine forest and undisturbed river swamp and is found at 500–2,250 meters. It is largely known from migration records of 200 sightings from 1965 to 1970 at Dalton Pass so it is thought to be migratory. The most recent sighting was in 2001 and the call is described as "frog-like accelerating series of clicking notes". The threats are not exactly known but it has been and is continuing to be hunted at Dalton Pass.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Lewinia mirifica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692509A110057886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692509A110057886.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Erik Hirschfeld; Andy Swash; Robert Still (2013). The World's Rarest Birds. Princeton University Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0691155968. Retrieved June 24, 2015.


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