| Barred rail | |
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| G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Hypotaenidia |
| Species: | H. torquata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypotaenidia torquata (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The barred rail (Hypotaenidia torquata) is a species of rail found across the Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea). The species is common, but shy and difficult to see.
Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.
See also
- Wake Island rail (an extinct rail of Pacific, that only lived on Wake island)
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Hypotaenidia torquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22692418A131875659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22692418A131875659.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Taylor, B. (2018). Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53613 on 4 August 2018).
- Elliott, Andrew; Kirwan, Guy M. (2020-03-04), Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.), "Tabon Scrubfowl (Megapodius cumingii)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, doi:10.2173/bow.tabscr1.01, retrieved 2023-09-01
- A Guide to the birds of the philippines(2000) Robert S. Kennedy pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C, Dickinson Hector C. Miranda, jr. & Timothy H. Fisher
External links
Media related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gallirallus torquatus at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gallirallus torquatus |
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| Rallus torquatus | |
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