Chestnut Rail - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by tcollins
Darwin Northern Territory, Australia, March 2006

Alternative name: Chestnut-bellied Rail

Eulabeornis castaneoventris

Distribution

Coastal, northern Australia and Aru Islands, eastern Indonesia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies¹

• E. c. sharpei - Aru Islands
• E. c. castaneoventris - Coastal northern Australia (northern Western Australia to north-western Queensland)

Habitat

Lowlands, mangrove forests.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut_Rail

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