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| Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Adult |
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| Photographer : | © Karim Madoya |
| Location : | Tampasuk, Kota Belud, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia |
| Date : |
31 October 2007 |
| English synonyms: | Banded Land Rail, Banded Rail, Land Rail, Painted Rail, Pectoral Rail |
| Bird Family : | Rallidae - Rails, Crakes, Bush Hens, Watercock, Gallinules, Swamphens, Moorhens & Coots |
| Bird Group : | GRUIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | This is the first photodocumentation of Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis) ever recorded from Sabah, or may be the island of Borneo.
This species was not included in the The Birds of Borneo by B.E. Smythies (1999), nor was it included in the ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SABAH, ORNITHOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS NO. 52 published by the American Ornithologists' Union,in June 2001. |
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