Inaccessible Island Rail

Laterallus rogersi

Vulnerable

The Inaccessible Island Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha group. 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

Inaccessible Island Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in Inaccessible Island in the Tristan da Cunha group

Population

≈ 5K-10K

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