Pink-legged Rail

Bart Rail ( Gallirallus insignis )

The beard Rail ( Gallirallus insignis ) is a flightless or nearly flightless forest living squacco the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

Description

The tail of the big Rail is not externally apparent and the flight feathers are soft and re-formed, thus it is pretty safe flightless. Nevertheless Coultas was who caught one of the museum specimens, consider the type would be airworthy.

Incidence and prevalence

To 1933, the Rail was used in very wet forests, both in the lowlands and in mountain valleys. The bird was also seen in gardens, where he probably was looking for snails. The beard Rail was caught and eaten by the natives with traps. She was often on the entire island of New Britain.

Meanwhile, the Rail is also in its preferred habitats, up to an altitude of 1250 m become the rain forests in the lowlands of the island and its mountains rarely. In less suitable habitats such as high secondary forests it is even more rare. Occasionally she is caught by poaching dogs and lower altitudes their habitat is threatened by deforestation.

Relationship

The Zebra Rail ( Gallirallus torquatus ), the Okinawa Rail ( Gallirallus okinawae ), the beard Rail ( Gallirallus insignis ) and the Calayan - Rail ( Gallirallus calayanensis ) form a closely related subgroup of the genus Gallirallus.