Grey-throated Rail

When to see the Grey-throated Rail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Grey-throated Rail

The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Gabon, Cameroon.

About the Grey-throated Rail

The grey-throated rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae, the only member of the genus Canirallus. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

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Easily confused with

Pink-legged RailGallirallus insignisThe pink-legged rail, also known as the New Britain rail, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. Sakalava RailZapornia olivieriSakalava rail measures 19 cm with grey underparts, a yellow bill and red eyes. Blue-faced RailGymnocrex rosenbergiiThe blue-faced rail is a 30 cm, medium-sized, secretive, forest rail.