NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Bald-faced Rail
Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866)
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.
Gymnocrex rosenbergii, Bolaang Mongondow, ID-SW, ID, 2013-10-16 (iNaturalist).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The blue-faced rail (Gymnocrex rosenbergii), also bald-faced rail or Schlegel's rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.
As of 2025, the species population size is unknown, but believed to be decreasing due to loss of its forest habitat. Previously, population has been estimated as 3,500-15,000 individuals, but this is a likely underestimate due to difficulties surveying cryptic species.
Wikipedia contributors, Blue-faced rail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:38:44.678667+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Gymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866)
- Name authority
- (Schlegel, 1866)
- Common name
- Bald-faced Rail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Gymnocrex
- 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
- familyRallidae
- genusGymnocrex Salvadori, 1875
- speciesGymnocrex rosenbergii (Schlegel, 1866)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rallina rosenbergii Schlegel, 1866 Schlegel, 1866 | 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=176335 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:6L6VR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.