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BUFF-BANDED RAIL FACTS |
Description
Upper body parts mottled green-brown with black and white spots, underparts striped black and white. Face red-brown and throat grey-brown. Yellow-brown stripe across breast area and a curved white stripe above the eye. Body up to 34 cm long.
Buff-banded Rails are secretive and flick their tail when alarmed. They feed on insects and aquatic plants.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Freshwater wetlands and swamps.
Food
Omnivore
Range
Eastern and Western mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Gruiformes | | Family: | Rallidae | | Genus: | Gallirallus | | Species: | philippensis | | Common Name: | Buff-banded Rail |
Relatives in same Genus
Woodhen (G. sylvestris)
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