Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

New Britain Rail (Gallirallus insignis) - HBW 3, p. 163

French: Râle de Nouvelle-Bretagne German: Bartralle Spanish: Rascón de Nueva Bretaña
Other common names: Bismarck/Pink-legged/Sclater's Rail

Taxonomy: Rallus insignis P. L. Sclater, 1880, Kahabadai, New Britain.
Sometimes placed in Rallus, or in monospecific Habropteryx, although affinities are clearly with G. torquatus. Forms superspecies with G. okinawae and G. torquatus. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Britain.