Aramidopsis plateni (Snoring Rail)

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"Its inaccessible habitat and sparse distribution means that little is known about this species. A few birds were shot by Platen and another expedition led by Paul Sarasin and his second cousin, Fritz, between 1893 and 1898,[13] but the rail was then not seen for more than thirty years until Heinrich found it almost at the end of a two-year survey of Sulawesi, then known as Celebes. He described it as "the most priceless catch that I have ever hunted or will hunt".[14] More than a decade later, Dutch ornithologist Louis Coomans de Ruiter also took a year to find the rail, despite concentrating on known suitable habitat.[12] There were then no documented sightings until birds were observed in 1983 and 1989.[15][16] Sight records remain infrequent,[12] and only about ten specimen corpses have been studied."

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoring_rail

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Lambert, Frank. (1989). Some field observations of the endemic Sulawesi rails. Kukilo 4(1-2): 34-36. [Abstract]

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Watling, D. (1983). Ornithological notes from Sulawesi. Emu 83(4): 247-261. [Abstract]