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.

White-browed crake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Poliolimnas
Sharpe, 1893
Species:
P. cinereus
Binomial name
Poliolimnas cinereus
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms

Porzana cinerea
Amaurornis cinerea
Porphyrio cinereus

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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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