Calayan rail
gallirallus calayanensis latin

The Calayan Rail is one of the 20 known extant flightless rails.

It is different from the Calayan Rail in that it is larger and some markings are different.

The Calayan rail, inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines.

It is home to the Calayan Rail, a flightless bird identified as a separate species in 2004 and endemic to Calayan Island.

Important papers published in Forktail include descriptions of two new bird species, the Bukidnon Woodcock in 2001 and the Calayan Rail in 2004.

It is superficially similar to the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) and Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis).

The Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis) is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family (Rallidae) that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines.

The Calayan Rail's genus, Gallirallus, includes many species of Southwest Pacific islands, of which the most familiar in the English-speaking world is the Weka of New Zealand.

Given that the Okinawa Rail and the Calayan Rail have only been discovered in the late 20th century and as late as 2004, respectively, it cannot be ruled out that the New Caledonian and Sharpe's Rail may still exist.

It is superficially similar to the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) and Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis).

The Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis) is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family (Rallidae) that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines.