Brown-banded Rail Dryolimnas mirificus

Common Names: Discoverer:  Sibley & Monroe Category: RARE Status: Endemic   Habitat/Distribution: Luzon (Beguet, Camarines Norte, Kaliga Apayao, Mountain, Nueve Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya) Habitat / Behavior: L 12 1/2"; Can be found on the edges of wetland, gardens, drier cogon grasslands, logged over areas, tree plantations. Very secretive and elusive; observed to migrate within the island (intra-island migration); seasonal: January, May, October, and November. Clutch is 3 to 5 eggs, whitish tan and spotted with reddish brown and purple. Call is a harsh, raucous tikling tikling tikling often with several birds calling at once. Threats: Hunting and habitat destruction Conservation Efforts/Measures: Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Babilonia Wilner Foundation Illustrations by George Sandstrom and John R. Pierce, taken from the book "Philippine Birds" by John duPont.

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