Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: Water Rail

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Turkestan Water Rail, Indian Water Rail
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands - Mar 3, 2004 © Bas de Bruijn  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 1, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 8, 2005 © Aurélien Audevard  Ile dOuessant, Finistère, Bretagne, France - Aug 19, 2006 © Aurélien Audevard 
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Range

Palearctic;
(1) Iceland.
(2) W. Europe in the British Isles and s. Scandinavia e. locally across c. Russia to s. Siberia and s. to n. Africa from Morocco to ne. Egypt.
(3) Turkey, cn. Arabia, probably Iraq, sw. and n. Iran, probably w. Afghanistan, and nw. India (Kashmir).
(4) E. Siberia in Amurland, Sea Okhotsk, Sakhalin Is. and s. Kuril Is. s. in n. China (Manchuria), Korea, Japan (Hokkaido and probably n. Honshu) and Taiwan.
Winters to se. Asia and Borneo.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Massaciuccolis Oasis
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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