Species factsheet

Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)

Order: Gallirallus philippensis
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danish name: Båndet Rikse

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Subspecies and Distribution

andrewsi

Cocos Keeling Is. (Indian O.)

xerophilus

Gunungapi Wetar (Banda Sea)

wilkinsoni

Flores I. (Lesser Sundas)

philippensis

Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumba to Timor

pelewensis

Palau Is. (w Caroline Is.)

anachoretae

Kaniet Is. (Admiralty Is.)

admiralitatis

Admiralty Is.

praedo

Skokie I. (Admiralty Is.)

lesouefi

New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar, Tanga (Bismarck Arch.)

meyeri

Witu, New Britain (Bismarck Arch.)

christophori

Solomon Is.

sethsmithi

Vanuatu, Fiji Is.

swindellsi

New Caledonia, Loyalty Is.

goodsoni

Samoa, Niue Is.

ecaudatus

Tonga

assimilis

New Zealand

lacustris

Macquarie Is. (sw corner of the Pacific)

reductus

ne and c New Guinea, Long I.

randi

w New Guinea

wahgiensis

e New Guinea

tounelieri

Coral Sea Is. (se New Guinea to n New Caledonia)

mellori

s and w New Guinea, Australia, Norfolk I.