White-browed Crake
Poliolimnas cinereus
白眉田鸡
Introduction
Species of bird in the family Rallidae. Found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu. Inhabits subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. The Iwo Jima rail, a doubtfully valid subspecies formerly native to Iwo Jima, is now extinct.
Distribution & Habitat
Distributed across Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, India, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu. Inhabits subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Poliolimnas
- eBird Code
- whbcra1
Taxonomy Changes
Porzana cinerea → Poliolimnas cinereus
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Distribution
central Myanmar eastward to southern China, Taiwan, and Philippines, southward to Indonesian Archipelago, coastal northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to Mackay, Queensland), western Micronesia, and western Polynesia eastward to Samoa
Vocalizations
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.