Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus

Least Concern

The Water Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions. 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

Water Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in Europe, western and central Asia, and their seasonal wintering regions

Population

≈ 100K–1M

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