Barred rail explained

The barred rail (Hypotaenidia torquata) is a species of rail found across the Philippines, Sulawesi (Indonesia) and Salawati (western New Guinea). The species is common, but shy and difficult to see.^[1]

Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.

See also

• Wake Island rail (an extinct rail of Pacific, that only lived on Wake island)

References

• A Guide to the birds of the philippines(2000) Robert S. Kennedy pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C, Dickinson Hector C. Miranda, jr. & Timothy H. Fisher

Notes and References

1. Taylor, B. (2018). Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/53613 on 4 August 2018).