# Buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) with nictitating membrane at Melbourne Museum

- By: Ethmostigmus
- Date: 2025-12-02
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buff-banded_rail_(Gallirallus_philippensis)_with_nictitating_membrane_at_Melbourne_Museum.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Buff-banded_rail_%28Gallirallus_philippensis%29_with_nictitating_membrane_at_Melbourne_Museum.jpg/1920px-Buff-banded_rail_%28Gallirallus_philippensis%29_with_nictitating_membrane_at_Melbourne_Museum.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A captive buff-banded rail (Gallirallus philippensis) "blinking" with its nictitating membrane, photographed in the Forest Gallery at Melbourne Museum in Victoria, Australia.