Red-legged Crake

Rallina fasciata

Least Concern

The Red-legged Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub. 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

Red-legged Crake Range — Resident or seasonal range in South, East, and Southeast Asian wetlands, grasslands, and scrub

Population

≈ 500K–5M

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