Lewin's Rail
Lewinia pectoralis - Râle à poitrine grise
Systematics
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Order:
Gruiformes
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Family:
Rallidés
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Genus:
Lewinia
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Species:
pectoralis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 27 cm
- Wingspan: 31 à 35 cm.
- Weight: 63 à 112 g
Geographic range
Identification
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,
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)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
- Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
- Rails, Barry Taylor
- Vol. 3 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- HBW Alive,
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikipedia (English version),
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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