Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Forbes's Forest-rail (Rallina forbesi) - HBW 3, p. 151
French: Râle de Forbes
German: Nymphenralle
Spanish: Polluela de Forbes
Other common names: Red-backed Forest-rail
Taxonomy: Rallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea.
Sometimes retained in Rallicula. Forms superspecies with R. leucospila and R. mayri. Population occurring in Foja Mts, NC New Guinea, may be referable to present species or to new, as yet undescribed, form. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- steini (Rothschild, 1934) - C New Guinea, from Weyland Mts E to Bismarck Mts.
- parva Pratt, 1982 - NE New Guinea, on Mt Mengam (Adelbert Range).
- dryas (Mayr, 1931) - NE New Guinea, on Huon Peninsula.
- forbesi (Sharpe, 1887) - SE New Guinea, from Herzog Mts to Owen Stanley Mts.
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This bird was calling mid-morning along a forest trail. Locality Tari, Tari Valley, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Sam Woods 29 August 2008 2 years ago 4
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