Snoring Rail (Aramidopsis plateni)

Other Names (World)
Snoring Rail, Platen's Rail, Celebes Rail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
29 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blasius, 1886)

Habitat
Tropical, lowland evergreen and lower montane rainforest, including densely vegetated, forest-edge habitats, thick understoreys of primary forest, streams, damp gullies and thick secondary growth, abandoned rice-fields. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B).

N, north-central and south-eastern Sulawesi.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Habitat destruction and degradation through logging, conversion to agriculture, development, hunting are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Flightless.

Voice
A brief wheeze followed by a longer snoring noise 'ee-orrrr'. Also a deep sighing 'mmmm'.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Occurs alongside Blue-faced Rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii) which has blue patch around eye and uniform black underparts.

References
See References.

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