Rail, Banded

Description
Banded Rail (Rallus philippensis). Top of head dark brown. Chestnut band through eye to back of head; white streak; white streak above. Chin whitish. Throat and upper breast pale grey. Broad chestnut band across centre of breast; rest of undersurface striped black and white. Undertail stripped reddish brown and black. Back and top of wing brown, spotted with black and white; underwing paler. Mounted on a piece of flat varnished wood with rounded edges. Wings closed. One leg in front of the other - as if walking.
See full details

Object detail

Accession number
A96.495
Collection type

Share

My shortlist

Subject

Explore other objects by colour

Public comments

Be the first to comment on this object record.

Google reCaptchaThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.