Gallirallus philippensis

1 Buff-banded Rail at Phillip, ACT

Gallirallus philippensis at Phillip, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
Gallirallus philippensis at Phillip, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
Gallirallus philippensis at Phillip, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
Gallirallus philippensis at Phillip, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
Gallirallus philippensis at Phillip, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 01:06 PM
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Identification history

Gallirallus philippensis 7 Nov 2023 MatthewFrawley
Gallirallus philippensis 7 Nov 2023 CarbonAI
Gallirallus philippensis 7 Nov 2023 LisaH

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Very excited - I've never seen rail before! I've tentatively marked this as a potential nesting site, and the pair kept going into the same place, and one carried in food (3rd photo)

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Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • True Nesting site

Species information

  • Gallirallus philippensis Scientific name
  • Buff-banded Rail Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 703.9m Recorded at altitude
  • 166 images trained Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Hypotaenidia philippensis

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