Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) - HBW 3, p. 150

French: Râle de Swinhoe German: Mandschurensumpfhuhn Spanish: Polluela Exquisita
Other common names: Swinhoe's Yellow/Siberian Rail

Taxonomy: Porzana exquisita Swinhoe, 1873, Yantai (Chefoo), Shandong, China.
Sometimes considered conspecific with C. noveboracensis, with which forms Holarctic superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Transbaikalia and S Ussuriland and E Heilongjiang (Manchuria). Winters from Japan and Korea through Ryukyu Is to S China.