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Forbes's forest rail

Rallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887

LCLeast Concernbirds

The forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi) is a species in the family Sarothruridae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 81.3 g to 105.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the forbes's forest rail

Weight
81.3 g – 105.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the forbes's forest rail live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The forbes's forest rail is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the forbes's forest rail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi) or Forbes's forest crake, is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.

It is found in New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Forbes's forest rail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forbes%27s_forest_rail&oldid=1354155194), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the forbes's forest rail endangered?

The forbes's forest rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the forbes's forest rail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGruiformes
  5. familySarothruridae
  6. genusRallicula
  7. SpeciesRallicula forbesi Sharpe, 1887

Synonyms Canirallus forbesi, Rallicula robesi, Rallina forbesi

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • Forbes's forest crakeEnglish
  • Forbes's forest crakeEnglish
  • Forbes's forest-railEnglish
  • Forbes's forest-railEnglish
  • Forbes's forest-railEnglish
  • Forbes's railEnglish
  • مرعة فوربسArabic
  • rasclet de ForbesCatalan
  • chřástal forbesůvCzech
  • chřástalík černokřídlýCzech
  • Sortvinget KastanjerikseDanish
  • NymphenralleGerman
  • nigraflugila arboraloEsperanto
  • Polluela de ForbesSpanish
  • mägi-metsruikEstonian
  • papuankanaräikkäFinnish
  • Râle de ForbesFrench
  • Sarothrure de ForbesFrench
  • crvenoprsa vizlinicaCroatian
  • nimfa guvatHungarian
  • Mandar-burung komaIndonesian
  • Mandar-gunung KomaIndonesian
  • Rallina di ForbesItalian
  • セグロパプアクイナJapanese
  • Forbso dryžoji vištelėLithuanian
  • Forbes' KaneelralDutch
  • svartvingerikseNorwegian
  • rudokurka czarnoskrzydłaPolish
  • franga-d'água-de-forbesPortuguese
  • frango-da-selva-de-asa-pretaPortuguese
  • sanã-do-mato-de-asas-pretasPortuguese
  • Горный пастушокRussian
  • Форбесов каштановый погонышRussian
  • pandanka čiernokrídlaSlovak
  • chriašteľ čiernokrídlySlovak
  • Forbsov šumski petlićSerbian
  • forbesrallSwedish
  • Forbes bandrallSwedish
  • svartvingad dunrallSwedish
  • Forbes Kestane YelvesiTurkish
  • погонич новогвінейськийUkrainian
  • 黑翅栗秧雞Chinese
  • 黑翅栗秧鸡Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the forbes's forest rail

Other species in the same genus Rallicula.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the forbes's forest rail?

An adult forbes's forest rail weighs 81.3 g – 105.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the forbes's forest rail live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the forbes's forest rail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the forbes's forest rail endangered?

The forbes's forest rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the forbes's forest rail?

The forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi) belongs to the family Sarothruridae in the order Gruiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{forbess_forest_rail_2026,
  title = {Forbes's forest rail (Rallicula forbesi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/forbess-forest-rail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}