Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) - HBW 3, p. 169
French: Râle d'eau
German: Wasserralle
Spanish: Rascón Europeo
Taxonomy: Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758, Great Britain.
Forms superspecies with R. caerulescens and R. madagascariensis. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hibernans Salomonsen, 1931 - Iceland.
- aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 - Europe, N Africa and W Asia to upper basin of R Ob'; winters S to N Africa and Turkmenistan.
- korejewi Zarudny, 1905 - Aral Sea and L Balkhash S to Iran, Kashmir and WC China; winters patchily from Iraq to coastal E China.
- indicus Blyth, 1849 - N Mongolia and E Siberia (upper R Yenisey and middle R Lena) to Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and N Japan; winters from E Bengal and Assam, Myanmar, N Thailand and N Laos E to SE China and Hainan, Taiwan and S Japan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging on the mud and looking around. Locality Maioka Park, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp indicus)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2010 2 years ago 21 sec 4.8 -
Single bird eating a worm Sculthorpe Moor Norfolk [Hawk & Owl Trust] Locality Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
Kim Tarsey 6 February 2012 1 year ago 25 sec 4.7 -
Walking in the water Locality Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2012 15 weeks ago 1 min 13 sec 4.6 -
A bird walking among reeds. Locality Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp aquaticus)
Jesús Laborda 12 November 2009 3 years ago 46 sec 4.6 -
Bird wading, jumping on log, feeding near marsh shore. Locality Japan (ssp indicus)
Charles McHugh 28 January 2009 4 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
Walking in the water Locality Tablas de Daimiel National Park, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2013 10 weeks ago 1 min 14 sec 4.4
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Female Water Rail on ice
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 30 December 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
Male Water Rail on the Ice
Locality South Holland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 16 January 2010 3 years ago 4.5 -
walking
Locality The Btecha (Jordan River Delta), Jordan Valley, Israel
Lior Kislev 25 November 2006 1 year ago 4.4 -
When all the Dutch waterbodies were frozen solid, this elusive species showed itself more often.
Locality Rotterdam, South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp aquaticus)
Gerard Visser 3 January 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
first winter bird calling
Locality Ouessant (Ushant) island, Finistère, Bretagne, France
AurélienAudevard 14 September 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
Defecating while walking on the frozen swamp.
Locality Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark (ssp aquaticus)
Henrik Bringsøe 21 February 2010 2 years ago 4.3
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Typical calls Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp aquaticus)
Stuart Fisher 10 January 2005 4 years ago 4 -
"Pypp-calls/song" Locality Fasterna, Stockholm County, Sweden
AnteStrand 16 June 2010 3 years ago 2
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