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Photos and videos of wild birds found in the Philippines. We travel all over the Philippines to document and take pictures of birds. Our goal is to make this site a resource of information and images about wild birds of the Philippines.

  1. Birds of the Philippines
  2. Crakes, Rails, and Coots

Slaty-Breasted Rail

SLATY-BREASTED RAIL
Gallirallus striatus
Family Rallidae

Bird # 322 - June 2011

This is an uncommon Philippine resident. It is found in freshwater wetlands, ricefields, and drier grasslands. It is about 9 1/2 inches long. It has a chestnut crown and neck, black upper parts with barred and broken white lines, and white throat.

We were with Christian P when we saw these birds in a field of long grass. The edges of the field had been mowed down and we were able to see them when they would step out of the long grass onto the shorter grass. We returned to the field the next day to get another look, but there was a big machine cutting down the rest of the grass. It seemed unlikely that they would be in the same field and the rest of the fields were covered in very tall grass.
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SLATY-BREASTED RAIL, male (left) and female (right)
<i>Gallirallus striatus</i>
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
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SLATY-BREASTED RAIL, male (left) and female (right) Gallirallus striatus Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

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  • SLATY-BREASTED RAIL, male
<i>Gallirallus striatus</i>
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
  • SLATY-BREASTED RAIL, male
<i>Gallirallus striatus</i>
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
  • SLATY-BREASTED RAIL, male (left) and female (right)
<i>Gallirallus striatus</i>
Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines
  • SLATY-BREASTED RAIL
<i>Gallirallus striatus</i>
Ayala Alabang Village

Des A said this was a "youngish" bird
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