Gymnocrex_rosenbergii

Blue-faced rail

Blue-faced rail

Species of bird

The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) or bald-faced rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

It has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and pollution.[1]

By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then.[2]

Description

Blue-faced rail on an Indonesian stamp

The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail.[1] It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye[1] that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail,[1] and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2017). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692604A110481172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692604A110481172.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) - BirdLife species factsheet". 2017-04-11. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.


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