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Rallus aquaticus, Print, The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range. The adult is 23–28 cm (9–11 in) long, and, like other rails, has a body that is flattened laterally, allowing it easier passage through the reed beds it inhabits. It has mainly brown upperparts and blue-grey underparts, black barring on the flanks, long toes, a short tail and a long reddish bill. Immature birds are generally similar in appearance to the adults, but the blue-grey in the plumage is replaced by buff. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails. The former subspecies R. indicus, has distinctive markings and a call that is very different from the pig-like squeal of the western races, and is now usually split as a separate species, the brown-cheeked rail., 1700-1880.

Rallus aquaticus, Print, The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range. The adult is 23–28 cm (9–11 in) long, and, like other rails, has a body that is flattened laterally, allowing it easier passage through the reed beds it inhabits. It has mainly brown upperparts and blue-grey underparts, black barring on the flanks, long toes, a short tail and a long reddish bill. Immature birds are generally similar in appearance to the adults, but the blue-grey in the plumage is replaced by buff. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails. The former subspecies R. indicus, has distinctive markings and a call that is very different from the pig-like squeal of the western races, and is now usually split as a separate species, the brown-cheeked rail., 1700-1880.
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Rallus aquaticus, Print, The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range. The adult is 23–28 cm (9–11 in) long, and, like other rails, has a body that is flattened laterally, allowing it easier passage through the reed beds it inhabits. It has mainly brown upperparts and blue-grey underparts, black barring on the flanks, long toes, a short tail and a long reddish bill. Immature birds are generally similar in appearance to the adults, but the blue-grey in the plumage is replaced by buff. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails. The former subspecies R. indicus, has distinctive markings and a call that is very different from the pig-like squeal of the western races, and is now usually split as a separate species, the brown-cheeked rail., 1700-1880
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3420 x 4601 px | 45.0 MB
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29.0 x 39.0 cm | 11.4 x 15.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1700-1880 • 23–28 CM • 9–11 • ADULT • ADULTS • APPEARANCE • ASIA • BIRD • BLACK BARRING • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BLUE-GREY UNDERPARTS • BLUE-GREY • BODY • BREEDING RANGE • BREEDS • BROWN-CHEEKED RAIL • BUFF • CADAVER • CALL • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DIFFÉRENT • DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS • DOWNY CHICKS • EASIER PASSAGE • EASTERN POPULATIONS • FLANKS • FLATTENED LATERALLY • FORMER SUBSPECIES R • GENERALLY • IMMATURE BIRDS • INDICUS • INHABITS • LONG REDDISH BILL • LONG TOES • LONG • MAINLY BROWN UPPERPARTS • MIGRATORY • NEGRA • NORTH AFRICA • NORTH OF AFRICA • NORTHERN • NOW USUALLY SPLIT • PERMANENT RESIDENT • PIG-LIKE SQUEAL • PLUMAGE • PRINT • RACES • RAIL FAMILY • RAILS • RALLUS AQUATICUS • REED BEDS • REPLACED • SEPARATE SPECIES • SHORT TAIL • SPECIES • WARMER PARTS • WATER RAIL • WELL-VEGETATED WETLANDS ACROSS EUROPE • WESTERN RACES