New Guinea Flightless Rail

The New Guinea Flightless Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, in the monotypic genus Megacrex. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The New Guinea Flightless Rail is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - NEAR THREATENED Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae English: New Guinea Flightless Rail Scientific: Megacrex inepta Protonym: Megacrex inepta Avibase ID: 770830AC645568E7 More

The New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, in the monotypic genus Megacrex. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Megacrex inepta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

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