Barred rail
| Barred rail | |
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| G. t. celebensis at Manado, Indonesia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Gallirallus |
| Species: | G. torquatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Gallirallus torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The barred rail (Gallirallus torquatus) 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. The species was formerly sometimes placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.
Its diet includes (but is not limited to) eggs, such as Philippine megapode eggs.