Blue-faced rail

The blue-faced rail also bald-faced rail or Schlegel's rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist [lowland forest], subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and rivers.
It has been evaluated as a threatened species since October 1, 2016, by the IUCN [Red List] due to habitat loss and pollution.
By 2000, the estimated population of the blue-faced rail was in the low 2000's to the high 9000's, however it has steadily declined since then.

Description

The blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail. It has a conspicuous patch of bare cobalt-blue skin around the eye that gives the bird its distinctive name. The blue-faced rail makes a snoring sound apparently similar to that of the snoring rail, and it also gives off a quiet clucking sound in alarm.