Lewin's Rail

Lewinia pectoralis - Râle à poitrine grise

Râle à poitrine grise
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lewinia

  • Species
    :

    pectoralis

Descriptor

Temminck, 1831

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 27 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 31 à 35 cm.
  • Weight
    : 63 à 112 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Râle à poitrine grise
adult

Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Lewinia pectoralis pectoralis (e and se Australia)
  • Lewinia pectoralis exsul (Flores I.. Lesser Sundas.)
  • Lewinia pectoralis mayri (nw New Guinea)
  • Lewinia pectoralis alberti (se New Guinea. Wharton to Owen Stanley Ranges.)
  • Lewinia pectoralis clelandi (sw Australia)
  • Lewinia pectoralis brachipus (Tasmania)

Foreign names

  • Râle à poitrine grise,
  • Rascón pectoral,
  • frango-de-água-de-peito-cinzento,
  • Krickralle,
  • palaszürke guvat,
  • Grijsborstral,
  • Rallo di Lewin,
  • lewinrall,
  • Brunnakkerikse,
  • chriašteľ sivastý,
  • chřástal australasijský,
  • Skiferbrystet Rikse,
  • pikkuluhtakana,
  • rascló de Lewin,
  • wodnik kusy,
  • Австралийский пастушок,
  • Mandar-padi dada-kelabu,
  • オーストラリアクイナ,
  • 卢氏秧鸡,
  • 灰胸紋秧雞,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetla nds (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Alpine Wetlands (includes temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Intertidal : Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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