LC
Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis



Justification

Justification of Red List category
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size may be moderately small to large, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Trend justification
The overall population trend is decreasing, although some populations have unknown trends (Wetlands International 2006).

Distribution and population

Lewinia pectoralis occurs in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. The subspecies clelandi, known from south-west Australia, has not been seen since the 1930s and is now extinct (del Hoyo et al. 1996).

Acknowledgements

Text account compilers
Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J., Khwaja, N.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Species factsheet: Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/lewins-rail-lewinia-pectoralis on 10/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 10/01/2025.