Pink-legged rail

The pink-legged rail (Hypotaenidia insignis), also known as the New Britain rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

Pink-legged rail
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Hypotaenidia
Species:	H. insignis
Binomial name
Hypotaenidia insignis (P.L. Sclater, 1880)
Synonyms
Gallirallus insignis (Sclater, 1880)

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to the island of New Britain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.