Red-necked Crake

Order Gruiformes; Family Rallidae (Rails, Coots & allies); Scientific name: Rallina tricolor; Common name: Red Neck Crake; Alternative common name: Red-necked Rail – Sitting at nest; incubating eggs - Distribution in Australia: restricted to a small area of rainforest in north-eastern Queensland between Cape York and Ingham - Distribution outside Australia: New Guinea, Irian Jaya and some adjacent islands plus extreme eastern Indonesia.