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Andaman Crake Rallina canningi  
Andaman Crake
Photographer : © Ezhilarasinatarajan
Location :Chidiyatapu Biological Park, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, India
Date : 25 August 2004
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Alt. Common Name :Andaman-banded Crake, Andaman Banded Crake, Andaman Banded Rail
Bird Family :Rallidae - Rails, crakes, bush hens, watercock, gallinules, swamphens, moorhens & coots
Bird Group :GRUIFORMES
Red Data Status :Data Deficient » more details
Remarks :Species endemic to the Andaman Islands.

Possibly the first ever photograph of this species in the wild.

It took Ezhilarasi a month of searching before she had her first sighting of the Andaman Crake and five months before she was able to take this photograph.

Taxonomic Notes :Species endemic to the Andaman Islands, India.
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