Guam Rail

Gallirallus owstoni

Extinct in the Wild

The Guam Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of the Mariana Islands. 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

Guam Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Mariana Islands

Population

≈ 200-300

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