Snoring Rail

An Indonesian endemic, the Snoring Rail is confined to lowland and hill forests of northern, central and southeastern part of Sulawesi and Buton island. Their diet consists mainly of small crabs and lizards. The bird's call is snoring-like sound ee-orrrr.

The Snoring Rail is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Snoring Rail, Aramidopsis plateni also known as Celebes Rail or Platen's Rail is a medium-sized, approximately 30 cm long, flightless rail. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Aramidopsis. Both sexes are quite similar, having gray plumage, white chins, brown wings, short tails and rufous patches on their hindnecks. The female has a brighter hindneck patch color, reddish iris and base of bill, while those of the male are yellowish. More

and predation by introduced species, the Snoring Rail is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It has been protected under Indonesian law since 1972. - ABOUT ME More

Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni 2009 IUCN Red List Category (as evaluated by BirdLife International - the official Red List Authority for birds for IUCN): Vulnerable Justification This poorly known rail qualifies as Vulnerable because it is thought to have a small population, which is likely to be undergoing a continuing decline and increasing fragmentation owing to habitat loss. More

Stamps showing Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni Distribution map for Snoring Rail, range 46.021 Snoring Rail IOC v2.4: 1330 Links will open countrypage in new window - Indonesia 05.11. More

Share Definition of snoring rail on Facebook Digg:Definition of snoring rail! stumble Definition of snoring rail Bookmark Definition of snoring rail on Delicious submit Definition of snoring rail to reddit Bookmark Definition of snoring rail noun snore, snoring rail 1. a bird from the family Rallidae. More

* Snoring Rail, Aramidopsis plateni * Genus Aramides (wood-rails, 8-9 living species) (possibly 1 recently extinct) * Red-throated Wood Rail, Aramides gutturalis (extinct, doubtful species) * Little Wood-rail, Aramides mangle * Rufous-necked Wood-rail, Aramides axillaris * Grey-necked Wood-rail, Aramides cajanea More

* 0 4 66 Snoring Rail (Aramidopsis plateni) * 0 4 67 Inaccessible Rail (Atlantisia rogersi) * 5 1 2 2 8 68 Little Wood-rail (Aramides mangle) * 3 1 2 8 69 Rufous-necked Wood-rail (Aramides axillaris) * 36 1 9 26 8 70 Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea) * 1 1 4 71 Brown Wood-rail (Aramides wolfi) * 13 1 3 9 8 72 Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha) More

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Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni IUCN Red List Criteria Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable C2a(i) IUCN Red List history Year Category 2008 Vulnerable 2004 Vulnerable 2000 Vulnerable 1996 Vulnerable 1994 Vulnerable More

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* Snoring Rail, Aramidopsis plateni * Inaccessible Island Rail, Atlantisia rogersi * Little Wood Rail, Aramides mangle * Rufous-necked Wood Rail, Aramides axillaris * Grey-necked Wood Rail, Aramides cajanea * More