Pink-legged rail
Hypotaenidia insignis (P. L. Sclater, 1880)
The pink-legged rail (Hypotaenidia insignis) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 353.1 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
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Quick facts about the pink-legged rail
- Weight
- 353.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the pink-legged 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 pink-legged rail is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the pink-legged rail endangered?
The pink-legged rail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- 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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the pink-legged rail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusHypotaenidia
- SpeciesHypotaenidia insignis (P. L. Sclater, 1880)
Synonyms Gallirallus insignis, Habropteryx insignis, Rallus insignis
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- New Britain railEnglish
- rascló de Nova BretanyaCatalan
- chřástal novobritskýCzech
- New Britain-skovrikseDanish
- BartralleGerman
- novbritia raloEsperanto
- Rascón de Nueva BretañaSpanish
- uusbritannia ruikEstonian
- koiraluhtakanaFinnish
- Râle de Nouvelle-BretagneFrench
- novobritanska kokošicaCroatian
- új-brittaniai guvatHungarian
- Rallo di New BritainItalian
- ニューブリテンクイナJapanese
- Naujosios Britanijos vištelėLithuanian
- New-BritainralDutch
- bismarckrikseNorwegian
- wodnik różowonogiPolish
- sanã-da-nova-bretanhaPortuguese
- frango-d'água-de-patas-rosadasPortuguese
- frango-de-água-da-nova-bretanhaPortuguese
- Новобританский трескунRussian
- chriašteľ ružovonohýSlovak
- Barski petlić sa ostrva Nova BritanijaSerbian
- newbritainrallSwedish
- Yeni Britanya YelvesiTurkish
- пастушок рожевоногийUkrainian
- 黑秧雞Chinese
- 新不列颠秧鸡Chinese
Relatives of the pink-legged rail
Other species in the same genus Hypotaenidia.
Barred rail
Hypotaenidia torquata
Bar-winged rail
Hypotaenidia poeciloptera
Okinawa rail
Hypotaenidia okinawae
Lord Howe woodhen
Hypotaenidia sylvestris
Dieffenbach's rail
Hypotaenidia dieffenbachii
ComparePink-legged rail vs Barred railPink-legged rail vs Bar-winged railPink-legged rail vs Okinawa railPink-legged rail vs Hypotaenidia vavauensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pink-legged rail?
An adult pink-legged rail weighs 353.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the pink-legged rail live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the pink-legged rail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the pink-legged rail endangered?
The pink-legged rail is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the pink-legged rail?
The pink-legged rail (Hypotaenidia insignis) 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.
- 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
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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