New-Zealand subspecies Gallirallus philippensis assimilis. © Erik-Jan Budding
Gallirallus philippensis
Dutch: Geelbandral
There are at least 17 other races. The nominate race (Gallirallus philippensis philippensis) lives in the Philippines, Sulawesi, Buru and Sunda Islands. In northern Sulawesi there is also Gallirallus p. chlandleri.
© Jan Harteman / Harteman Wildfowl / www.harteman.nl
Some other subspecies live in New-Zealand (Gallirallus p. assimilis), Australia and New Guinea (Gallirallus p. mellori), New Caledonia and Loyalti Island (Gallirallus p. swindellsi) and Moluccas (Gallirallus p. yorki).
