Crake or Rail?

[Bobby Kintanar]

I just cropped and re-sized this photo for identification, so pardon the quality.

This bird got trapped inside the butterfly enclosure over at "Simply Butterflies" in Bohol and I could not definitely ID it. We let it go as soon as I got the photo, but it's still around there, according to the owner, Christy;

Taken on June 27, 2010 at 9.40am GMT+8 at Bilar, Bohol;
Canon EOS 5D Mark II; 0.002 sec (1/500); f/5.6; 400 mm
ISO 1600; +1/2 EV

[Eric Patdu]

Hello Sir Bobby. I would say a Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides).

[Bobby Kintanar]

Thanks Eric; I think you are correct! :-)

[steve pryor]

Eric is right. An adult of the nominate race eurizonoides. Even without seeing the leg color, separable from the principal confusion species (Red-legged Crake) because eurizonoides does not have transverse barring on the flight feathers, and has a mantle that is a deeper brown.