Blue-faced rail

The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) or bald-faced rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Blue-faced rail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Gymnocrex
Species:
G. rosenbergii
Binomial name
Gymnocrex rosenbergii
(Schlegel, 1866)

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.

It has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN Red List due to habitat loss and pollution.[2]

By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then.[3]

Description
Blue-faced rail on an Indonesian stamp

The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail.[4] It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye[5] that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail,[6] and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm.[7]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Gymnocrex rosenbergii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22692604A110481172. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22692604A110481172.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  3. "Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) - BirdLife species factsheet". 2017-04-11. Archived from the original on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  4. "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  5. "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  6. "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.
  7. "Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Blue-faced Rail)". www.iucnredlist.org.


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