Barred Rail (Hypotaenidia torquata) | Details

Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Hypotaenidia torquata (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Gallirallus as G. torquatus.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	280 g

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	2,660,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	3.4 years	-	-	-

Trend justification: The population trend is difficult to determine because of uncertainty over the extent of threats to the species.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Indonesia	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 1000 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/barred-rail-hypotaenidia-torquata on 27/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/12/2024.