LC
New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta



References

Bryan, J.E. and Shearman, P.L. (Eds). 2015. The State of the Forests of Papua New Guinea 2014: Measuring change over the period 2002-2014. University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby.

Coates, B. J. 1985. The birds of Papua New Guinea, 1: non-passerines. Dove, Alderley, Australia.

Gregory, P. 1996. The New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) in Gulf Province. Muruk 8(1): 38-39.

Pratt, T. K. and Beehler, B. M. 2015. Birds of New Guinea. Princeton University Press, Princeton.

Ripley, S. D. 1964. A systematic and ecological study of birds of New Guinea. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 19: 1-87.

Taylor, B.; van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.

Further resources

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-guinea-flightless-rail-megacrex-inepta on 09/12/2024.
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 09/12/2024.