New Guinea Flightless Rail

New Guinea Flightless Rail
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Megacrex
Species:	M. inepta
Binomial name
Megacrex inepta D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879

The New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta), also known as the Papuan Flightless Rail, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, in the monotypic genus Megacrex.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Megacrex inepta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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