Blue-faced rail

Blue-faced rail
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gymnocrex
Species: G. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Gymnocrex rosenbergii
(Schlegel, 1866)

The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) or bald-faced rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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