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[[Category:Rallina]]
 
 
;[[:Category:Rallina|Rallina]] fasciata
 
;[[:Category:Rallina|Rallina]] fasciata
[[Image:Red-legged_Crake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by kctsang] <br/>Photo taken: Singapore]]
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[[Image:Red-legged_Crake.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''kctsang'''<br>Location: [[Singapore]]]]
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
24cm. Red brown head, neck and breast, paler on throat, grey brown upperparts, underparts and underwing barred black and white, green bill, red legs and feet.
 
24cm. Red brown head, neck and breast, paler on throat, grey brown upperparts, underparts and underwing barred black and white, green bill, red legs and feet.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
North-eastern [[India]], southern [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Philippines]].
 
North-eastern [[India]], southern [[Burma]], [[Thailand]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Philippines]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species
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A monotypic species.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Dense vegetation near wetlands.
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Lowlands; dense vegetation near wetlands.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
3-6 dull white eggs are laid.
 
3-6 dull white eggs are laid.
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Rallina+fasciata}}
 
{{GSearch|Rallina+fasciata}}
[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Rallina]]

Revision as of 15:43, 12 July 2008

Rallina fasciata
Photo by kctsang
Location: Singapore

Identification

24cm. Red brown head, neck and breast, paler on throat, grey brown upperparts, underparts and underwing barred black and white, green bill, red legs and feet.

Distribution

North-eastern India, southern Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Indonesia and Philippines.

Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

Habitat

Lowlands; dense vegetation near wetlands.

Behaviour

3-6 dull white eggs are laid.

External Links

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