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Thursday, 16 June 2016

Slaty-breasted Rail

Order - Gruiformes
Family - Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Slaty-breasted Rail

Lewinia striata

蓝胸秧鸡 (lán-xiōng yāng-jī) / 灰胸秧鸡 (huī-xiōng yāng-jī)

Malay : Sintar Biasa

Japanese : ミナミクイナ (minami kuina)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 南秧鶏 / 南水鶏

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 19,000,000km²
  Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 19,300,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 25–30 cm; adult 100–142 g

Subspecies (7) and Distribution

Lewinia striata albiventer (Swainson, 1838, India [=India, Following Ali & Ripley (2001) Vol 2: 152])
– India and Sri Lanka to SC China (Yunnan) and Thailand; some may winter in S Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Lewinia striata obscurior (A. O. Hume, 1874, Andaman Islands)
– Andaman and Nicobar islands.
Lewinia striata jouyi (Stejneger, 1887, Shanghai, China)
– SE China and Hainan.
Lewinia striata taiwana (Yamashina, 1932, Rilan, Taito-siu, Formosa)
– Taiwan.
Lewinia striata gularis (Horsfield, 1821, Java)
– Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra (with Simeulue), Java and S Borneo.
Lewinia striata striata (Linnaeus, 1766, Philippines, restricted to Manila, Island of Luzon, by Oberholser, postea)
– Philippines, Sulu Is, N Borneo; also Sulawesi, where perhaps not resident.
Lewinia striata paraterma (Oberholser, 1924, Island of Samar, Philippine Ids)
– Samar I, in EC Philippines.