Buff-banded rail (species: Gallirallus philippensis) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Gallirallus philippensis
Buff-banded rail


©Aviceda: Buff-banded Rail, Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Gruiformes
Family Rallidae
Genus Gallirallus
Species Gallirallus philippensis
Status unspecified

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia: The Buff-banded Rail has been recorded only once at Lizard Island, most recently in March 1977 (Atlas of Living Australia, accessed 8 April 2012). The species has been recorded more recently at nearby Eagle Island, Nymph Island, and the Turtle Group.

Web resources

References

  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.