Blue-faced rail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and pollution.[2]

By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then.[3]

Description

Blue-faced rail on an Indonesian stamp

The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail.[4] It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye[5] that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail,[6] and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm.[7]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692604A110481172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692604A110481172.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  3. ↑ "Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) - BirdLife species factsheet". 2017-04-11. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  5. ↑ "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  6. ↑ "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  7. ↑ "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.


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