Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedInvertebrates

WetlandPlatform nestMedium · 193 g

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii), photo 4 — Photo: Manuel Schwarz · CC BY 4.0

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii), photo 7 — Photo: Brian Butcher · Public domain

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii), photo 8 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii), photo 9 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii), photo 10 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Rouget's 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 Rouget's Rail

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ethiopia Eritrea

About the Rouget's Rail

Rouget's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Rougetius. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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

Easily confused with

Ecuadorian RailRallus aequatorialisThe Ecuadorian rail is 20 to 21 cm (7.9 to 8.3 in) long and weighs about 85 g (3.0 oz).

Okinawa RailGallirallus okinawaeIt is about 30 cm long with a wingspan of 50 cm and a weight of around 435 g.

Dot-winged CrakeLaterallus spilopteraThe dot-winged crake is 14 to 15 cm (5.5 to 5.9 in) long.

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