Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata)

Other Names (World)
Slaty-breasted Rail, Blue-breasted Banded Rail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
26 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, mangroves, seasonally flooded grasslands, marshes, swamps. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Nepal.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (48)...)

Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata) [XC667219]
by Viral Patel & Pankaj Maheria from Bahtera Track, Singapore (call)

Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia) [XC207613]
by Sandip das from Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka (song)

Subspecies
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

albiventer (Swainson, 1838) - India and Sri Lanka to south-central China (south-eastern Yunnan) and Thailand; some may winter in southern Thailand and Malaysia.
obscurior (Hume, 1874) - Andaman and Nicobar Is.
jouyi (Stejneger, 1887) - South-eastern China and Hainan.
taiwana (Yamashina, 1932) - Taiwan.
gularis (Horsfield, 1821) - Vietnam and Cambodia through Malaysia to Sumatra, Java and southern Borneo.
striata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Philippines, Sulu Is, northern Borneo and also Sulawesi, where may not be resident.
paraterma (Oberholser, 1924) - Samar I, east-central Philippines.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata) - 10 files

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