White-browed Crake
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| White-browed Crake | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Porzana |
| Species: | P. cinerea |
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| Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) | |
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Poliolimnas cinereus | |
The White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima Rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Porzana cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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