Lewin's Rail

Lewinia pectoralis

Lewin's Rail kek Strongly supported

Putative nocturnal call type

The standard kek-kek-kek call of this species, the spectrogram showing two parallel vertical lines, with most energy centred around 4kHz. Call repeated 4-5 times per second. Unclear whether this call is formally named in HANZAB.

Evidence for identification

Sounds like the typical daytime call, and roughly matches spectgrams, but still awaiting formal comparison and the production of a comparison image.

Confidence statement

High confidence, although careful checking needed.

Similar species / confusion risks

Possible some other night-moving species might make similar noises.

Project detections: 10 annotations; 2 nights; recorded in September, October; most recent detection 05 Sep 2026.

Project clips

Lewin's Rail kek

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 02:09:11, Annotation 2558, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied

Lewin's Rail kek

Carindale (-27.52, 153.11), 02 Oct 2021, 02:13:43, Annotation 2631, Annotator: Richard Fuller, No processing applied