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The Buff-banded Rail is also known as the Banded Rail, Painted Rail, Land Rail or Pectoral Rail.
The number of subspecies seems to vary by reference source, either several to twenty-six.
They are found throughout much of Australasia and the south-west Pacific region, including the
Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and other smaller islands.
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Diet includes a variety of terrestrial invertebrates and small vertebrates, seeds,
fallen fruit and other vegetable matter.
They will also eat carrion and refuse.
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