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The Andaman crake (Rallina canningi) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is endemic to India.

Taxonomy and systematics
It was first described as the Andaman Banded Crake Euryzona canningi by Blyth in the 1863 issue of the journal, Ibis. Later, it was treated as Andamaneese Banded Crake Rallina canningi by Baker in 1929. Later Ripley and Ali retained Baker's scientific name for the species, while retaining Blyth's common name.

Distribution and habitat
Its natural habitat is marshland inside subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. This little-known rail was formerly classified as data deficient by the IUCN, due to the lack of reliable information on its status. New research has shown it to be somewhat rare. Consequently, it is listed at Near Threatened status in 2008.

Breeding
It nests at the bottom of large trees with buttresses. In one study, the species preferred trees such as Terminalia, Tetrameles nudiflora or Pterocarpus, near waterbodies