| Slaty-breasted rail | |
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| Slaty-breasted rail in Malaysia | |
| 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: | Lewinia |
| Species: | L. striata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lewinia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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| approximate range | |
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The slaty-breasted rail (Lewinia striata) is a rail species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Breeding has been recorded in July near Dehradun in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas. Despite traditionally being considered part of Gallirallus, recent genetic studies have consistently placed it in the genus Lewinia, which is now formally recognised by the IUCN and IOC.
Gallery
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Slaty-breasted rail at Chilika Lake, Odisha, India
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Illustration of slaty-breasted rails by Edward Neale c. 1890
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Slaty-breasted rail in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal, India
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Slaty-breasted rail in the wetlands of Vasai, Maharashtra, India
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lewinia striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692463A93354724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692463A93354724.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Kumar P. & Kumar R.S. (2009). "Record of Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus breeding in Dehradun, India". Indian Birds. 5 (1): 21–22.
- Garcia-R, J. C.; Gibb, G. C. & Trewick, S. A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. Bibcode:2014MolPE..81...96G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID 25255711.
- Chen, P.; Huan, Z.; Zhu, C.; Han, Y.; Xu, Z.; Sun, G.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, D.; Ge, G. & Ruan, L. (2020). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Phylogenetic Analysis of Gruiformes and Charadriiformes". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52 (2): 425–439. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20190603010623.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gallirallus striatus | |
| Lewinia striata | |
| Rallus striatus | |
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