Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Lewin's Rail (Lewinia pectoralis) - HBW 3, p. 171
French: Râle à poitrine grise
German: Krickralle
Spanish: Rascón Pectoral
Other common names: Slate-breasted Rail, Lewin's Water Rail
Taxonomy: Rallus pectoralis Temminck, 1831, New South Wales.
Sometimes placed in Dryolimnas or Rallus. Forms superspecies with L. mirificus and L. muelleri, both of which are on occasion considered races of present species. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- exsul (Hartert, 1898) - Flores (Lesser Sundas).
- mayri (Hartert, 1930) - Arfak Mts, W New Guinea.
- captus (Mayr & Gilliard, 1951) - C New Guinea.
- exsul (Hartert, 1898) - Flores (Lesser Sundas).
- mayri (Hartert, 1930) - Arfak Mts, W New Guinea.
- captus (Mayr & Gilliard, 1951) - C New Guinea.
- insulsus (Greenway, 1935) - Herzog Mts, E New Guinea.
- alberti (Rothschild & Hartert, 1907) - mountains of SE New Guinea.
- clelandi (Mathews, 1911) - SW Australia (probably extinct).
- pectoralis (Temminck, 1831) - E & SE Australia.
- brachipus (Swainson, 1838) - Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird walking and foraging for earthworms in an urban park Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp pectoralis)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 July 2004 6 years ago 30 sec 4.8 -
A bird foraging for earthworms in an urban park Locality Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp pectoralis)
Geoffrey Dabb 31 July 2004 6 years ago 32 sec 4.5 -
Adult appears from grass, stretches then disappears into undergrowth. Locality Lake Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp pectoralis )
Tom Tarrant 15 November 2008 4 years ago 42 sec 4 -
A bird feeding among reeds then running away. Locality Jerrabomberra Wetlands, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (ssp pectoralis )
Nick Talbot 24 February 2006 2 years ago 21 sec 3.2
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