White-browed crake
The white-browed crake (Poliolimnas cinereus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.[2] It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Poliolimnas Sharpe, 1893 |
| Species: | P. cinereus |
| Binomial name | |
| Poliolimnas cinereus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
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Porzana cinerea | |
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Amaurornis cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692723A93366932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692723A93366932.en. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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