Townsville rails?

A question for Townsville birdos regarding cryptic garden crakes.

Whilst staying in Townsville before heading out to Paluma the house garden
(below Castle Hill) had a number of new birds for me.  Most were eventually
identified but a crake of some sort had me mystified.

It started calling late in the day and never showed itself.  The call was a
'ik. ik, ik..' or similar, was often responded to by a nearby bird of the
same species and reminded me of the crake calls I've heard in Victorian
wetlands.  The house garden had dense small shrubs and was adjacent to a
salt water pool.

Any thoughts on the likely species?

Martin O'Brien

Melbourne




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