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Gymnocrex talaudensis

Identification

33-35 cm. Long yellow bill, maroon-chestnut head, neck and breast, bright red iris, silvery-white bare skin behind eye. Greenish-olive upperparts, blackish underparts. Yellow legs and feet.

Distribution

Karekelong Island in the Talaud Archipelago.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

Habitat

Long wet grassland patches and rank vegetation at the edge of forest in the lowlands.

Behaviour

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