Central QLD Coast Landcare Network

Buff-banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis


 

Habitat – fringes of rainforest; rank vegetation in swamps, marshes, creeks; wet paddocks, crops, rank pastures and brakish swamps; On islands found in mangroves and drier more open habitats

Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, Pizzey & Knight
Classifications: Bird, water and shoreline
Family: Rallidae
Information sources: Photo taken by Barry Deacon at Rural View