Rallina
Red-necked crake (Rallina tricolor)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Rallina
G.R. Gray, 1846
Type species
Rallus fasciatus[1]
Raffles, 1822
Synonyms

Tomirdus Mathews, 1912

Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains four species found in forest and marshland in Asia and Australasia.[2] They are 18–34 cm long and mainly chestnut or brown, often with black and white markings.[3] They are four species that are now placed in the genus Rallicula that were previously included in the genus Rallina. In fact, some taxonomic authorities continue to place them there. A fifth species, the Great Nicobar crake was proposed but not accepted as a separate species.[4]

Species

The genus contains the following four species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Rallina tricolor Red-necked crake the Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, New Guinea lowlands and adjacent islands, and north-eastern Australia.
Rallina canningi Andaman crake Andaman Islands
Rallina fasciata Red-legged crake north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh,[2] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia
Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged crake India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to the Philippines and Indonesia.


References

  1. ^ "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  2. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ Taylor, Barry & Ber van Perlo (1998). Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. Sussex: Pica Press.
  4. ^ kumar, S Rajesh. "An apparently new species of Rallina crake from Great Nicobar Island, India". BirdingASIA. 17: 44–46.


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