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Taxonomic note
Rallicula mayri (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) was previously placed in the genus Rallina.

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.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2017	Least Concern
2016	Data Deficient
2012	Data Deficient
2008	Data Deficient
2004	Data Deficient
2000	Data Deficient
1996	Data Deficient
1994	Data Deficient
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	high
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	22,900 km2	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	3.6 years	-	-	-
Percentage of mature individuals in largest subpopulation	100%	-	-	-

Population justification: It inhabits areas which are very rarely visited but is likely to prove to be locally common as with other New Guinea congeners (Coates 1985, Beehler et al. 1986). It was recorded as common in the Bewani and Torricelli (J. Diamond in litt. 1987, Collar et al. 1994) but this was based on seven specimens taken in 1966 (Diamond 1969) and it has not been recorded (or searched for) there subsequently. In the Cyclops, it is known from four specimens (Diamond 1969) and was not found during fieldwork in 1992 (K. D. Bishop in litt. 1996). It was common to uncommon from 1,198–1,680 m in the Foja Mountains in 2005-2009 (Beehler et al. 2012), confirming provisional records there in 1979 and 1981 (Diamond 1985).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

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

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Altitude	1100 - 2100 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threat (level 1)	Threat (level 2)	Impact and Stresses
Climate change & severe weather	Habitat shifting & alteration	Timing		Scope		Severity		Impact
		Future		Whole (>90%)		Unknown		Unknown
		Stresses Indirect ecosystem effects, Ecosystem degradation

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Mayr's Forest Rail Rallicula mayri. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/mayrs-forest-rail-rallicula-mayri on 22/11/2024.
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 22/11/2024.