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Alternative name: Papuan Flightless Rail

Megacrex inepta

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Scattered within Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies¹

• M. i. pallida - Coastal n New Guinea (Idenburg River to Sepik River)
• M. i. inepta - Trans-Fly lowlands of se New Guinea

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests, mangrove forests, and swamps.

[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