Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail

Gallirallus philippensis

Silhouette: T. Michael Keesey (vectorization) and HuttyMcphoo (photography) · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Kosciuszko National Park
2 Verified sightings at Kosciuszko National Park From 2019 to 2026
767 Verified sightings across all 22 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Buff-banded Rail

The buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae. This species comprises several subspecies found throughout much of Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the Philippines (where it is known as tikling), New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand (where it is known as the banded rail, or moho-pererū in Māori), and numerous smaller islands, covering a range of latitudes from the tropics to the subantarctic. The species was formerly placed in the genus Hypotaenidia.

In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson described and illustrated the buff-banded rail in his multi-volume Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in the Philippines. He used the French name Le rasle rayé des Philippines and the Latin name Rallus Philippensis Striatus. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Kosciuszko National Park

Eurasian Coot
LC

Eurasian Coot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulica atra

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
Dusky Moorhen
LC

Dusky Moorhen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinula tenebrosa

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
South-west Pacific Swamphen

South-west Pacific Swamphen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porphyrio melanotus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Sooty Rail

Sooty Rail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porzana tabuensis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
Lewin's Rail
LC

Lewin's Rail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lewinia pectoralis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Black-tailed Nativehen

Black-tailed Nativehen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinula ventralis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
2 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
~10%
3 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
4 Cape Range 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
5 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
<5%
6 Wilsons Promontory National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
7 Ningaloo Marine Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
8 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
9 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
10 Lamington National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
11 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
12 Flinders Chase 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
13 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
14 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
15 Springbrook National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
16 Booderee National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
17 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
18 Kosciuszko National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
19 Kinabalu Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
20 Grampians National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
21 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
22 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
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