---
title: "Buff-banded Rail"
description: "Gallirallus philippensis — Aves. The buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/buff-banded-rail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Buff-banded Rail

> Gallirallus philippensis — Aves. The buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the rail family, Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Gallirallus philippensis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 8750
- Wikidata: [Q917017](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917017)
- iNaturalist taxon: [401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/401)

## Names

- en: Buff-banded Rail
- de: Bindenralle
- es: Rascón Filipino
- fr: Râle tiklin
- nl: Geelbandral
- pl: Wodnik białobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7155), NZ (628), FJ (88), ID (79), WS (75), NC (74), PW (41), PH (33), VU (23), MY (22), AS (16), TO (13)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail

## Photo

![Buff-banded Rail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/buff-banded-rail/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331881910

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/buff-banded-rail?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).