New Guinea Flightless Rail

Megacrex inepta - Râle géant

Râle géant
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Megacrex

  • Species
    :

    inepta

Descriptor

D'Albertis Salvadori, 1879

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 38 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Megacrex inepta inepta (sc New Guinea)
  • Megacrex inepta pallida (nc New Guinea)

Foreign names

  • Râle géant,
  • Rascón inepto,
  • frango-de-água-da-nova-guiné,
  • Baumralle,
  • új-guineai gyalogguvat,
  • Kasuarisral,
  • Rallo attero di Nuova Guinea,
  • storfotsrall,
  • Storfotrikse,
  • nohaňa nelietavá,
  • chřástal mangrovový,
  • Ny Guinea-rørhøne,
  • isosuokana,
  • rascló àpter,
  • kusowodnik,
  • Новогвинейский мангровый пастушок,
  • Mandar kasuari,
  • パプアクイナ,
  • 新几内亚秧鸡,
  • 新幾內亞秧雞,

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp

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: 03-08-2009
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