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Lewinia pectoralis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

A detailed Map of the Lewin's Rail Australian Range. Map by Nrg800

Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

• Brown-banded Rail (R. pectoralis) was formerly lumped within Lewin's Rail.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• L. p. exsul - Known from 4 specimens from w Flores I. (Lesser Sundas)
• L. p. mayri - W New Guinea (Arfak and Weyland mountains)
• L. p. captus - Central Highlands of New Guinea
• L. p. insulsus - E New Guinea (Herzog Mountains)
• L. p. alberti - Mountains of s-central Papua New Guinea
• L. p. clelandi - Extinct; SW Australia.
• L. p. pectoralis - Coastal e Queensland to Victoria and South Australia
• L. p. brachipus - Tasmania

[edit] Habitat

Lowland forest.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID]