Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Chestnut Rail (Eulabeornis castaneoventris) - HBW 3, p. 193
French: Râle à ventre roux
German: Mangroveralle
Spanish: Cotara Australiana
Other common names: Chestnut-bellied Rail
Taxonomy: Eulabeornis castaneoventris Gould, 1844, Flinders River, Gulf of Carpentaria.
Genus sometimes enlarged to include Aramides, Amaurolimnas and Gymnocrex. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- sharpei Rothschild, 1906 - Aru Is.
- castaneoventris Gould, 1844 - N coasts of Australia from N Western Australia through Northern Territory to NW Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Single Bird
Locality Featherdale Wildlife Park, New South Wales, Australia
nrg800 1 January 2011 13 weeks ago 3.5 -
Single bird feeding along muddy edge of tidal creek
Locality Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp castaneoventris)
Mat Gilfedder 29 July 2009 2 years ago 2.8
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