Woodford's Rail - BirdForum Opus

Hypotaenidia woodfordi

Nesoclopeus woodfordi

Identification

30 cm. Flightless. Dark brown or black plumage, variable pale fringes on flanks and vent, grey head on Guadalcanal birds. Bill is usually pale cream or ivory but dark on Guadalcanal. Pale grey legs.

Distribution

Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly placed in genus Nesoclopeus. Current placement in Hypotaenidia is a consensus of H&M4 and IOC^{[2, 3]}.

This species has previously been considered a part of Bar-winged Rail (H. poecilopterus).

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1].

• H. w. tertius

• Bougainville I. (Solomon Islands)

• H. w. immaculatus

• Locally on Santa Isabel I. (Solomon Islands)

• H. w. woodfordi

• Guadalcanal I. (Solomon Islands)

Habitat

Lowland swamp forest, dense, grassy thickets mixed with forest thickets, abandoned gardens, especially close to rivers, tall grass and shrub thickets, fresh water lakes and marshes.

Behaviour

They nest near streams.

They are omnivorous and will feed in water.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v 11.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. Christidis et al. 2018. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, version 4.1 (Downloadable checklist). Accessed from https://www.howardandmoore.org.

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Woodford's Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Woodford%27s_Rail

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