Rallina
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| Rallina | |
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| Red-necked Crake, Rallina tricolor | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallina G.R. Gray, 1846 |
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Tomirdus Mathews, 1912 |
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Rallina is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains eight species found in forest and marshland in Asia and Australasia.[1] They are 18–34 cm long and mainly chestnut or brown, often with black and white markings.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Chestnut Forest Rail, Rallina rubra
- White-striped Forest Rail, Rallina leucospila
- Forbes's Forest Rail, Rallina forbesi
- Mayr's Forest Rail, Rallina mayri
- Red-necked Crake, Rallina tricolor
- Andaman Crake, Rallina canningi
- Red-legged Crake, Rallina fasciata
- Slaty-legged Crake, Rallina eurizonoides
The four forest-rails are sometimes split as a separate genus, Rallicula.[1]
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