Brown-banded Rail

When to see the Brown-banded Rail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 2 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-banded Rail

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Brown-banded Rail

The brown-banded rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found on the island of Luzon. Details about its life and breeding are not known. Its habitat is listed to be cloudforest, near pine forest and undisturbed river swamp and is found at 500–2,250 meters. It is largely known from migration records of 200 sightings from 1965 to 1970 at Dalton Pass so it is thought to be migratory. The most recent sighting was in 2012 and the call is described as "frog-like accelerating series of clicking notes". The threats are not exactly known but it has been and is continuing to be hunted at Dalton Pass.

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Easily confused with

Auckland RailLewinia muelleriThe Auckland rail is a small rail with chestnut back plumage and a grey breast. 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.