Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) is a animal in the Rallidae family, order Gruiformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)

Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)

The white-browed crake is a Rallidae bird found across Oceania and Asia, with an extinct doubtfully valid Iwo Jima subspecies.

Family
Genus
Porzana
Order
Gruiformes
Class
Aves

About Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)

The white-browed crake, currently referenced in this source as Poliolimnas cinereus (with the scientific name Porzana cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) listed separately), is a bird species that belongs to the Rallidae family. It can be found across Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies that was formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.

Photo: (c) Yovie Jehabut, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Yovie Jehabut · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Aves Gruiformes Rallidae Porzana

More from Rallidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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