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[[Image:Water_Rail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tracker<br />Photo taken: Mere Sands Wood, Lancashire, England.]] | [[Image:Water_Rail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by tracker<br />Photo taken: Mere Sands Wood, Lancashire, England.]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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Upperparts olive-brown with broad, black streaks, broad bars on underparts, and greyish supercillium. | Upperparts olive-brown with broad, black streaks, broad bars on underparts, and greyish supercillium. | ||
==Distribution & Taxonomy== | ==Distribution & Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Four different subspecies share a range from [[Iceland]] through [[Europe]] to [[Siberia]] and [[China]], with some southward migration in winter taking the species to e.g., south-east [[Asia]] and [[India]]. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Reed-beds, marches, etc. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | A skulker, this bird is much more often located by its piglet-like squeals. Food includes both invertebrates and plant materials like seeds. | ||
==Bird Song== | ==Bird Song== | ||
<flashmp3>Rallus aquaticus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Rallus aquaticus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
Revision as of 02:24, 23 November 2007
- Rallus aquaticus
Description
Upperparts olive-brown with broad, black streaks, broad bars on underparts, and greyish supercillium.
Distribution & Taxonomy
Four different subspecies share a range from Iceland through Europe to Siberia and China, with some southward migration in winter taking the species to e.g., south-east Asia and India.
Habitat
Reed-beds, marches, etc.
Behaviour
A skulker, this bird is much more often located by its piglet-like squeals. Food includes both invertebrates and plant materials like seeds.
Bird Song
<flashmp3>Rallus aquaticus (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
