Buff-banded Rail

Taxonomy

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae

Genus

Gallirallus

eBird Code

bubrai1

Vocalizations

Subspecies (20)

• Gallirallus philippensis admiralitatis

  Admiralty Islands

• Gallirallus philippensis anachoretae

  Anchorite Islands (Admiralty Islands)

• Gallirallus philippensis andrewsi

  Cocos (Keeling) Islands (east-central Indian Ocean)

• Gallirallus philippensis assimilis

  New Zealand

• Gallirallus philippensis christophori

  Solomon Islands

• Gallirallus philippensis ecaudatus

  Tonga

• Gallirallus philippensis goodsoni

  Samoa and Niue Island

• Gallirallus philippensis lacustris

  New Guinea and Long Island (off northeastern New Guinea)

• Gallirallus philippensis lesouefi

  New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar, and Tanga (northeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Gallirallus philippensis macquariensis

  formerly Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); extinct, last recorded 1880s

• Gallirallus philippensis mellori

  southern New Guinea, and Australia including Norfolk Island (east of Australia)

• Gallirallus philippensis meyeri

  Witu Islands and New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Gallirallus philippensis pelewensis

  Palau (western Caroline Islands)

• Gallirallus philippensis philippensis

  Philippines, Sulawesi, Sula Islands (Taliabu), Moluccas (Buru), and the Lesser Sundas

• Gallirallus philippensis praedo

  Skoki Island (Admiralty Islands)

• Gallirallus philippensis sethsmithi

  Vanuatu and Fiji (probably extirpated on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, remaining common on Taveuni and present on other satellite islands)

• Gallirallus philippensis swindellsi

  New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands

• Gallirallus philippensis tounelieri

  Coral Sea islets (southeastern New Guinea to northern New Caledonia)

• Gallirallus philippensis wilkinsoni

  Flores (Lesser Sundas)

• Gallirallus philippensis xerophilus

  Gunungapi Island (Banda Sea)