Forbes's Forest Rail (Rallicula forbesi) [XC18874]
by Sam Woods from Kumul Lodge, Enga province, Papua New Guinea (song)
Forbes's Forest Rail (Rallicula forbesi) [XC26194]
by Frank Lambert from Baily bridge, below Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with White-striped Forest-rail (Rallicula leucospila) and Mayr's Forest-rail (Rallicula mayri). Population occurring in Foja Mts, north-central New Guinea, may be referable to present species or to new, as yet undescribed, form.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
steini (Sharpe, 1887) - Central New Guinea, from Weyland Mts east to Bismarck Mts.
parva Pratt, 1982 - North-eastern New Guinea, on Mt Mengam (Adelbert Range).
dryas (Mayr, 1931) - North-eastern New Guinea, on Huon Peninsula.
forbesi (Sharpe, 1887) - South-eastern New Guinea, from Herzog Mts to Owen Stanley Mts.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet