Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii) - HBW 3, p. 174
French: Râle de Rouget
German: Rougetralle
Spanish: Rascón Etíope
Other common names: Abyssinian Rail
Taxonomy: Rallus Rougetii Guérin-Méneville, 1843, Ethiopia.
Affinities uncertain. Monotypic.
Distribution: Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Bird by the roadside Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Keith and Lynn Youngs 4 November 2010 1 year ago 14 sec 4.4 -
Two birds feeding in a marshy area. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 51 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding in a marshy area. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 33 sec 4.3 -
perched on roadside boulder, flicking tail Locality Sanetti Plateau, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 29 October 2010 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird watching and then crossing a dirty road. Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 7 years ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird feeding in montane grassland Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 11 April 2002 5 years ago 20 sec 4
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hiding among grass
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 27 December 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Foraging in grass and low shrubbery.
Locality Dinsho, Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 21 January 2009 21 weeks ago 4 -
A bird endemic to Abyssinian highlands
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Krzysztof Blachowiak 14 November 2009 2 years ago 3.9 -
In its habitat.
Locality Goba, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 12 November 2012 5 weeks ago 3.9 -
A friendly rail
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 6 February 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
A bird endemic to Abyssinian highlands
Locality Bale Mountains National Park, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 14 November 2009 3 years ago 3.6
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