Pale-vented Bush-hen

Amaurornis moluccana - Râle des Moluques

Râle des Moluques
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Amaurornis

  • Species
    :

    moluccana

Descriptor

Wallace, 1865

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 45 à 49 cm.
  • Weight
    : 129 à 208 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Râle des Moluques

Pale-vented Bush-hen (Amaurornis moluccana) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Amaurornis moluccana moluccana (Sangihe I., Moluccas, Misool I., w and n New Guinea)
  • Amaurornis moluccana nigrifrons (Bismarck Arch., w Solomon Is.)
  • Amaurornis moluccana ultima (e Solomon Is.)
  • Amaurornis moluccana ruficrissa (s and e New Guinea, n and ne Australia)

Foreign names

  • Râle des Moluques,
  • Gallineta moluqueña,
  • franga-de-água-de-cauda-ruiva,
  • Roststeiß-Kielralle,
  • vörösfarkú lápityúk,
  • Moluks Waterhoen,
  • Rallo acquaiolo codarossiccia,
  • blekgumpad sumphöna,
  • Buskrikse,
  • kohútec nočný,
  • chřástal molucký,
  • Brunhalet Rørhøne,
  • ruosteperähuitti,
  • polla de les Moluques,
  • bagiewnik szaropierśny,
  • Красногузый малый пастушок,
  • Kareo zaitun,
  • アカオクイナ,
  • 棕尾苦恶鸟,
  • 褐尾苦惡鳥,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 24-11-2009
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