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Alternative name: Papuan Flightless Rail


Photo © by wintibird
Lowland forest, Kwatu River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea, 22 August 2023
Megacrex inepta

Identification

Distribution

Scattered within Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Subspecies1

  • M. i. pallida - Coastal n New Guinea (Idenburg River to Sepik River)
  • M. i. inepta - Trans-Fly lowlands of se New Guinea

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, mangrove forests, and swamps.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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