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Chestnut Forest Crake
Rallicula rubra Schlegel, 1871
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Rallicula rubra, Yalimo Regency, Papua, Indonesia, 2022-06-24 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The chestnut forest rail (Rallicula rubra), also known as the chestnut forest crake, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae. It is found in the Arfak Mountains and western-central New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Wikipedia contributors, Chestnut forest rail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:22:41.969154+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rallicula rubra Schlegel, 1871
- Name authority
- Schlegel, 1871
- Common name
- Chestnut Forest Crake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Sarothruridae
- Genus
- Rallicula
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familySarothruridae
- genusRallicula Schlegel, 1871
- speciesRallicula rubra Schlegel, 1871
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rallicula. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Forbes's Forest CrakeRallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887 | SarothruridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mayr's Forest CrakeRallicula mayri E. J. O. Hartert, 1930 | SarothruridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-striped Forest CrakeRallicula leucospila (Salvadori, 1876) | SarothruridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rallina rubra (Schlegel, 1871) (Schlegel, 1871) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=176318 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RB9B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.