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| Rallina eurizonoides |
(Lafresnaye, 1845) |
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Family: Rallidae |
Order: Gruiformes |
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Slaty-legged crake |
Râle de forêt |
Polluela de Jungla |
Hinduralle |
| Migration: partial |
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nocturnal |
Resident and migrant in India, moving at beginning and end of SW monsoon; birds arrive on W coast of Sri
Lanka from India in Oct-Nov, spend a few days in lowlands and then move up to winter in hills, leaving Mar-
Apr. Migrant Malaysia; winter visitor Sumatra (Nov and Mar-May) and occasionally W Java; resident Ryukyu
Is, Se China, Taiwan and Lanyu I, some Palau birds possibly migrant visitors. Moves almost entirely at night,
often flying in to houses when attracted by lights. Race telmatophila straggles to E Himalayas (Nepal,
West Bengal, Bhutan) and eurizonoides to W Micronesia. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal
J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, Oceania, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |