Rails, Crakes & Coots

Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus

The Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a 111 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

111 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

56

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist