New Caledonian Rail

Gallirallus lafresnayanus

Critically Endangered

The New Caledonian Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Caledonia. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

New Caledonian Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in New Caledonia

Population

≈ Unknown

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