Mayr's Forest Rail - BirdForum Opus

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Alternative names: Mayr's Forest-Crake; Mayr's Rail

Rallicula mayri

Rallina mayri

Distribution

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Formerly lumped within White-striped Forest Rail (R. leucospila).
Sometimes placed in genus Rallicula.

Subspecies

• R. m. mayri - W New Guinea (Cyclops Mountains)
• R. m. carmichaeli - NW Papus New Guinea (Torricelli and Bewani mountains)

Habitat

Montane forests.

References

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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