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Gallirallus striatus

Photo by Ayuwat
Location: Chiangmai, Thailand

[edit] Identification

Chestnut crown and neck, upperparts heavily spotted or barred with white.

[edit] Distribution

Widely distributed from India and Sri Lanka to China, the Philippines, and parts of Indonesia.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies¹

• G. s. albiventer - India and Sri Lanka to s China (Yunnan) and Thailand
• G. s. obscurior - Andaman and Nicobar islands
• G. s. jouyi - Coastal s China and Hainan I.
• G. s. taiwanus - Taiwan
• G. s. gularis - Malaysia to Indochina, Sumatra, Java and s Borneo
• G. s. striatus - Philippines, Sulu Archipelago, n Borneo and Sulawesi
• G. s. paratermus - Samar I. (Philippines)

[edit] Habitat

Freshwater wetlands and open areas.

[edit] Behaviour

Solitary and secretive.

[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

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