Biology:Chestnut rail

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Short description: Species of bird

Chestnut rail
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gallirallus
Species:
G. castaneoventris
Binomial name
Gallirallus castaneoventris
Gould, 1844
Synonyms

Eulabeornis castaneoventris

The chestnut rail (Gallirallus castaneoventris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in the Aru Islands and northern Australia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It was formerly the only species placed in the genus Eulabeornis.

Their nests are shaped into platforms and range in size from 35–50 cm in diameter, and 5–10 cm in depth. They are built in mangrove trees out of predominantly mangrove sticks, along with some leaves and seedlings.[2] Clutch size ranges from 2-4 eggs per brood.

Early illustration by Broinowski

References

Template:Gruiformes Wikidata ☰ Q1274782 entry