Swinhoe's Rail

When to see the Swinhoe's Rail

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

Where to see the Swinhoe's Rail

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

About the Swinhoe's Rail

Swinhoe's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae occurring in northeastern Asia. It was known only in two locations in Manchuria and southeastern Siberia, separated by more than 1000 km; however, in 2018, a new breeding population was found in the Amur region, situated between the two. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land. It is the world's smallest rail at 13 cm (5.2 in) and 24.5 grams. It is threatened by habitat loss, though its population is now considered to be larger than previously believed, and is thus classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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Easily confused with

Yellow RailCoturnicops noveboracensisAdults have brown upperparts streaked with black, a yellowish-brown breast, a light belly and barred flanks.