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Photo by James Eaton
Calayan Island, Babuyan, Philippines. March 2005

Gallirallus calayanensis

[edit] Identification

Dark brown, red iris, orange-red bill and legs.

[edit] Distribution

Calayan Island in the Philippines

Discovered only in 2004¹.

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Coralline limestone, near streams.

[edit] Behaviour

Flightless.

[edit] Breeding

It nests on the ground.

[edit] References

1. BirdLife International: Remarkable rail discovered "just in time".
2. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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