New Guinea Flightless Rail

Megacrex inepta

Least Concern

The New Guinea Flightless Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of New Guinea and nearby islands. 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 Guinea Flightless Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in New Guinea and nearby islands

Population

≈ Unknown

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