Gallirallus australis

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Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 29 meters (94 feet).[1]

Ecology: It utilises most habitats , including forests , grasslands, scrub , inland and coastal wetlands and even semi-urban environments. It is omnivorous , taking mostly fruit and invertebrates , but also vertebrates3,7. Birds breed in their first year and eggs are laid year-round8.

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List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.1     Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline   
  
•     12.2     Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc   
  
•     12.3     Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches   
  
•     13     Marine Coastal/Supratidal   
  
•     13.3     Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Gallirallus australis (Sparrman, 1786)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Gallirallus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:

G. australis (Weka Rail) · G. australis australis (Weka Rail) · G. calayanensis (Calayan Rail) · G. dieffenbachii (Chatham Islands Banded Rail) · G. insignis (Pink-Legged Rail) · G. lafresnayanus (New Caledonian Wood Rail) · G. modestus (Chatham Island Rail) · G. okinawae (Okinawa Rail) · G. owstoni (Guam Rail) · G. pacificus (Tahitian Rail) · G. philippensis (Banded Land-Rail) · G. philippensis philippensis (Buff-Banded Rail) · G. rovianae (Roviana Rail) · G. sharpei (SharpeÌs Rail) · G. striatus (Blue-Breasted-Banded Rail) · G. striatus striatus (Blue-Breasted Banded Rail) · G. sylvestris (Lord Howe Island Wood Hen) · G. torquatus (Barred Rail) · G. torquatus torquatus (Barred Rail) · G. troglodytes (Olivier's Crake) · G. wakensis (Wake Island Rail)

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Further Reading

• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 94.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 216, p. 250.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 177, p. 178.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES Secretariat url p. 139, p. 240.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 212.
• Postilla. 1968 New Haven, Conn.: Peabody Museum of Natural History, [1950?]-c2004. url p. 16.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 311.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 521, p. 645.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. .. [Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution], 1848-1932. url p. 94.
• The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 161, p. 353.
• Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. Wellington: New Zealand Institute. url p. 191.
• World Checklist of Threatened Birds Joint Nature Conservation Committee url p. 288.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2008. Gallirallus australis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9188
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-707960
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14247994
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176339
• IUCN ID: 210465
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 5344

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 45.570 based on 130,972 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Gallirallus australis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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