Slaty-breasted rail

The slaty-breasted rail (Lewinia striata) is a rail species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.^[1] Breeding has been recorded in July near Dehradun in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas.^[2] Despite traditionally being considered part of Gallirallus, recent genetic studies have consistently placed it in the genus Lewinia,^[3][4] which is now formally recognised by the IUCN and IOC.^[1]

Slaty-breasted rail
Slaty-breasted rail in Malaysia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Lewinia
Species:	L. striata
Binomial name
Lewinia striata (Linnaeus, 1766)
approximate range
Synonyms
Rallus striatus Linnaeus, 1766

Gallery

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  Slaty-breasted rail at Chilika Lake, Odisha, India
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  Illustration of slaty-breasted rails by Edward Neale c. 1890
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  Slaty-breasted rail in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal, India
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  Slaty-breasted rail in the wetlands of Vasai, Maharashtra, India

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lewinia striata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692463A93354724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692463A93354724.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Kumar P. & Kumar R.S. (2009). "Record of Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus breeding in Dehradun, India". Indian Birds. 5 (1): 21–22.
3. Garcia-R, J. C.; Gibb, G. C. & Trewick, S. A. (2014). "Deep global evolutionary radiation in birds: Diversification and trait evolution in the cosmopolitan bird family Rallidae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 81: 96–108. Bibcode:2014MolPE..81...96G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.008. PMID 25255711.
4. Chen, P.; Huan, Z.; Zhu, C.; Han, Y.; Xu, Z.; Sun, G.; Zhang, Z.; Zhao, D.; Ge, G. & Ruan, L. (2020). "Complete Mitochondrial Genome and Phylogenetic Analysis of Gruiformes and Charadriiformes". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 52 (2): 425–439. doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20190603010623.