Mangrove Rail

Rallus longirostris

Least Concern

The Mangrove Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of tropical American wetlands, mangroves, and lowlands. 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

Mangrove Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in tropical American wetlands, mangroves, and lowlands

Population

≈ Unknown

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