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Madagascar Rail

Rallus madagascariensis

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableEndemicInvertebratesWetlandCup nestMedium · 114 g
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis), photo 1
Photo: Lee Hunter · CC BY 2.0
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis), photo 2
Photo: Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis), photo 3
Photo: Lee Hunter · CC BY 2.0
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis), photo 4
Photo: Nigel Voaden · CC BY 4.0

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This is a medium-sized rail measuring 25 cm (9.8 in). Its plumage is mostly plain brown with some streaks on the upperparts and upper breast. Its face and throat are greyish and its undertail is white. The bill is red and the legs are dark. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Madagascar Rail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Madagascar Rail

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Madagascar

About the Madagascar Rail

The Madagascar rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) Austral RailRallus antarcticusThe austral rail is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long. Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) Aztec RailRallus tenuirostrisThe Aztec rail is 33 to 42 cm (13 to 17 in) long. Plain-flanked RailRallus wetmoreiThe plain-flanked rail is about 33 cm (13 in) long.

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