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White-browed crake

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White-browed crake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Gruiformes
Family:
Rallidae
Genus:
Amaurornis
Species:
A. cinerea
Binomial name
Amaurornis cinerea
(Vieillot, 1819)
Synonyms

Poliolimnas cinereus
Porzana cinerea

The white-browed crake (Amaurornis cinerea) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN
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