Lewin's rail
Lewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
The lewin's rail (Lewinia pectoralis) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 76.2 g to 83.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the lewin's rail
- Weight
- 76.2 g – 83.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Wingspan
- 31 cm – 35 cmsrc for Wingspan
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 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
How big is the lewin's rail?
Where does the lewin's 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 lewin's rail is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What does the lewin's rail sound like?
Is the lewin's rail endangered?
The lewin's rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the lewin's rail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusLewinia
- SpeciesLewinia pectoralis (Temminck, 1831)
Synonyms Dryolimnas pectoralis, Gallirallus pectoralis, Rallus lewini, Rallus pectoralis, Rallus pectoralis, Rallus pectoralis pectoralis
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- مرعة ليوينArabic
- rascló de LewinCatalan
- chřástal bledoprsýCzech
- chřástal australasijskýCzech
- Skiferbrystet RikseDanish
- KrickralleGerman
- palbrusta raloEsperanto
- Rascón pectoralSpanish
- väikeruikEstonian
- pikkuluhtakanaFinnish
- Râle à poitrine griseFrench
- smeđokapa kokošicaCroatian
- palaszürke guvatHungarian
- Mandar-padi dada-kelabuIndonesian
- Rallo di LewinItalian
- オーストラリアクイナJapanese
- ავსტრალიური ლაინაGeorgian
- australinė vištelėLithuanian
- GrijsborstralDutch
- brunnakkerikseNorwegian
- wodnik kusyPolish
- saracura-de-peito-cinzentoPortuguese
- frango-d'água-de-peito-cinzentoPortuguese
- frango-de-água-de-peito-cinzentoPortuguese
- Австралийский пастушокRussian
- chriašteľ sivastýSlovak
- Levinov petlovanSerbian
- lewinrallSwedish
- brunnackad rallSwedish
- Lewins rallSwedish
- Lewin SukılavuzuTurkish
- левинія австралійськаUkrainian
- 卢氏秧鸡Chinese
- 灰胸紋秧雞Chinese
Relatives of the lewin's rail
Other species in the same genus Lewinia.
Slaty-breasted rail
Lewinia striata
Auckland rail
Lewinia muelleri
Brown-banded rail
Lewinia mirifica
CompareLewin's rail vs Slaty-breasted railLewin's rail vs Auckland railLewin's rail vs Brown-banded rail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the lewin's rail?
An adult lewin's rail weighs 76.2 g – 83.8 g and has a wingspan of 31 cm – 35 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the lewin's rail live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the lewin's rail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the lewin's rail endangered?
The lewin's 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 lewin's rail?
The lewin's rail (Lewinia pectoralis) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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