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White-throated Rail

Dryolimnas cuvieri

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestPlatform nestMedium · 182 g
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 1
Photo: tcager · CC0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 2
Photo: Seychelles Islands Foundation · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 3
Photo: Seychelles Islands Foundation · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 4
Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 5
Photo: tlaloc27 · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 6
Photo: tlaloc27 · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 7
Photo: martin ingemansson · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 8
Photo: tcager · CC0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 9
Photo: Seychelles Islands Foundation · CC BY 4.0
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri), photo 10
Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

When to see the White-throated Rail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-throated Rail

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Madagascar Seychelles Mayotte

About the White-throated Rail

The white-throated rail or Cuvier's rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

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

Easily confused with

Red-necked Crake (Rallina tricolor) Red-necked CrakeRallina tricolorThe red-necked crake is a large crake (length 25 cm, wingspan 40 cm, weight 200 g). Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) Black-tailed CrakeZapornia bicolorIt is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back. Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisThe black rail is a small black bird with a short bill.

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