Water Rail Gallery

Water rail, Rallus aquaticus, and Eurasian coot, Fulica atra

Water rail, Rallus aquaticus, and Eurasian coot, Fulica atra.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Water rail feeding

Water rail feeding. The water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a small wetland bird whose breeding habitat is marshes and reed beds across Europe and Asia. Adults are 23-26 cm long and their body is flattened laterally to allow easier movement through reeds. Water rails use their bill to probe in mud or shallow water, also picking up food by sight, and mainly eating insects and aquatic animals. Photographed in Israel, in August

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Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) adult, feeding on aquatic snail, standing in shallow water, Long Valley, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, December

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