New Guinea Flightless Rail

Megacrex inepta
Family
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Order
Gruiformes
Codes
ngfrai1, NGFR
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderGruiformes
FamilyRails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
SpeciesMegacrex inepta
Codesngfrai1, NGFR
Identification

The New Guinea Flightless Rail (Megacrex inepta) is a member of the Rails, Gallinules, and Coots family within the order Gruiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code ngfrai1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.