The slaty-breasted rail (''Lewinia striata'') is a
rail species native to the
Indian Subcontinent and
Southeast Asia.
Breeding has been recorded in July near
Dehradun
Dehradun () is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative As ...
in the foothills of the Indian
Himalayas. Despite traditionally being considered part of ''
Gallirallus,'' recent genetic studies have consistently placed it in the genus ''
Lewinia'',
which is now formally recognised by the
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
and IOC.
Gallery
File:Slaty-breasted rail.jpg, Slaty-breasted rail at Chilika Lake
Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, khordha and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over . It is the bigge ...
, Odisha, India
File:Hypotoenidia obscurioria - Hypotoenidia striatus.jpg, Illustration of slaty-breasted rails by Edward Neale c. 1890
File:Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus East Kolkata Wetland West Bengal India 24.01.2013.jpg, Slaty-breasted rail in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal, India
File:Slaty breasted rail E.jpg, Slaty-breasted rail in the wetlands of Vasai, Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India
References
slaty-breasted rail
Birds of South Asia
Birds of South China
Birds of Southeast Asia
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