Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Hypotaenidia (8 species)


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Pink-legged Rail (Hypotaenidia insignis) Near Threatened
Range: AU: New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)
 



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Okinawa Rail (Hypotaenidia okinawae) Endangered
Range: PAL: n Okinawa (Ryukyu Is., Japan)
 



Guam Rail
Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni) Critically Endangered
Range: PO: Guam (s Mariana Is., extinct in the wild); reintroduced Rota (s Northern Mariana Is., w Micronesia) and Cocos I. (s of Guam)
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-banded Rail
Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis)
Range: AU, PO: widespread, also Philippines
Victoria, Australia  
 
Photograph by Fir0002 (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info


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Roviana Rail (Hypotaenidia rovianae) Near Threatened
Range: AU: New Georgia group (wc Solomon Is.)
 



Lord Howe Woodhen
Lord Howe Woodhen (Hypotaenidia sylvestris) Endangered
Range: AU: Lord Howe I. (far e of Australia)
Lord Howe Island, Australia  
 
Photograph by Patrick Kavanagh     Copyright and usage info


Barred Rail
Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata)
Range: AU: Philippines, islets off Sabah (Malaysia), Sulawesi and satellites and w New Guinea
Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines  
 
Photograph by Tom Benson     Copyright and usage info


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Woodford's Rail (Hypotaenidia woodfordi)
Range: AU: Solomon Is.
 




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