Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

New Caledonian Rail (Gallirallus lafresnayanus) - HBW 3, p. 162

French: Râle de Lafresnaye German: Pelzralle Spanish: Rascón de Nueva Caledonia
Other common names: New Caledonian Wood-rail

Taxonomy: Gallirallus Lafresnayanus J. Verreaux and Des Murs, 1860, New Caledonia.
Sometimes placed in genus Tricholimnas, or in Rallus. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Caledonia.