Barred Rail

Gallirallus torquatus

Least Concern

The Barred Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Barred Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in freshwater wetlands, marshes, and densely vegetated shorelines across the species' range

Population

≈ Unknown

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