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New Britain Rail

Gallirallus insignis (Sclater, PL 1880)

The pink-legged rail, also known as the New Britain rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Gallirallus
Scientific:
  Gallirallus insignis


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1880)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880, pt.1 p.66 pl.8

Imprint year:
  1880

Protonym:
  Rallus insignis

Type locality:
  New Britain, type from Kahabadai.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90456#page/112/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  73EDAFFC0FCBAE09

Avibase ID:
  avibase-73EDAFFC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/73EDAFFC


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560151


NEAR THREATENED

Geographic range:

  • Gallirallus insignis: forest of New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
English:
New Britain Rail
Catalan:
Rascló de Nova Bretanya
Czech:
chřástal novobritský
Danish:
New Britain-skovrikse
German:
Bartralle
Spanish:
Rascón de Nueva Bretaña
Spanish (Spain):
Rascón de Nueva Bretaña
Finnish:
koiraluhtakana
French:
Râle de Nouvelle-Bretagne
Croatian:
novobritanska kokošica
Hungarian:
új-brittaniai guvat
Italian:
Rallo di New Britain
Japanese (romaji):
nyu-buritenkuina
Japanese:
ニューブリテンクイナ
Lithuanian:
Naujosios Britanijos vištelė
Dutch:
New-Britainral
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bismarckrikse
Norwegian:
Bismarckrikse
Polish:
wodnik różowonogi
Portuguese:
Sanã-da-nova-bretanha
Portuguese (Portugal):
frango-d'água-de-patas-rosadas
Russian:
Новобританский трескун
Slovak:
chriašteľ ružovonohý
Serbian:
Barski petlić sa ostrva Nova Britanija
Swedish:
newbritainrall
Ukrainian:
Пастушок рожевоногий
Chinese:
新不列颠秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional):
黑秧雞


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Râle de Nouvelle-Bretagne ( Gallirallus insignis)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Râle de Nouvelle-Bretagne ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 1st edition:
Sclater's Rail ( Habropteryx insignis)
Clements, version 2021:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2022:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2023:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2024:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 3rd edition:
Sclater's Rail ( Habropteryx insignis)
Clements 4th edition:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2015:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2016:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2017:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2018:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Clements, version 2019:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 1.50:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 1.52:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 1.53:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 1.54:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 1.55:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2015:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2016:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2017:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2018:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2019:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2021:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2022:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2023:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
eBird version 2024:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
New Britain Rail ( Rallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
New Britain Rail ( Rallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
New Britain Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Pink-legged Rail ( Hypotaenidia insignis)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Sclater's Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Habropteryx insignis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Habropteryx insignis
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Habropteryx insignis
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
New Britain Rail ( Gallirallus insignis)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallirallus insignis
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gallirallus insignis

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: চনিঈ চব্রমটন চঝচি
Bengali (transliteration): ni'u briṭēna jhilli
Catalan: Rascló de Nova Bretanya
Czech: Chrástal novobritský, chřástal novobritský
Danish: New Britain-skovrikse
German: Bartralle
English: Bismarck Rail, Bismark Rail, Insignia Rail, New Britain Rail, New Britan barred-rail, Pink-legged Rail, Sclater's Rail
English, HBW: New Britain Rail
English (IOC): Pink-legged Rail
English (United States): New Britain Rail
Esperanto: Fama galinoralo
Spanish: Rascón de Nueva Bretaña
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Nueva Bretaña
Spanish (HBW): New Britain Rail
Estonian: uusbritannia ruik, uus-britannia ruik
Finnish: Koiraluhtakana
French: Râle de Nouvelle-Bretagne, Râle de Sclater
Croatian: novobritanska kokošica
Hungarian: új-brittaniai guvat
Italian: Rallo della Nuova Britannia, Rallo di New Britain
Japanese (romaji): nyuaburitenkuina, nyu-buritenkuina
Japanese: ニュアブリテンクイナ, ニューブリテンクイナ
Scientific: Gallirallus insignis, Habropteryx insignis, Hypotaenidia insignis, Rallus insignis
Lithuanian: Naujosios Britanijos veka, Naujosios Britanijos vištelė
Dutch: New Britainral, New-Britainral
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bismarckrikse
Norwegian: Bismarckrikse
Polish: wodnik rózowonogi, wodnik różowonogi
Portuguese: Sanã-da-nova-bretanha
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-de-patas-rosadas
Russian: Бородатый пастушок, Новобританский пастушок, Новобританский трескун
Slovak: chriašteľ ružovonohý
Serbian: Barski petlić sa ostrva Nova Britanija
Swedish: New Britainrall, newbritainrall
Turkish: Yeni Britanya Yelvesi
Ukrainian: Пастушок рожевоногий
Chinese: 新不列颠秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 黑秧雞

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