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The Auckland rail is a small rail with chestnut back plumage and a grey breast. The flanks are barred black and white and the head is red-brown, with a red bill. It is smaller than the Australian Lewin's rail. There are conflicting reports about its ability to fly. Early accounts suggested it could; recent researchers have found little evidence for this. If the species is able to fly, it does so very infrequently. Auckland rails have a variety of calls, the most common being a crex call made at one second intervals 10 or more times in a row. The function of the calls is unknown.
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When to see the Auckland Rail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 3 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
About the Auckland Rail
The Auckland rail, also known as the Auckland Island rail or Auckland Islands rail is a small nearly flightless rail endemic to the Auckland Islands 460 km south of New Zealand. It is somewhat of a biogeographical anomaly, being the only species in the genus Lewinia to have reached the islands of New Zealand, skipping over the main islands to reach the remote Auckland islands group. Its closest relative is Lewin's rail of Australia. The species is currently restricted to two islands in the Auckland islands group, Adams Island and Disappointment Island.
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Easily confused with
Brown-banded RailLewinia mirificaThe brown-banded rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
Lewin's RailLewinia pectoralisLewin's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
Slaty-breasted RailLewinia striataThe slaty-breasted rail is a rail species native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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