Madagascar Wood-Rail (Mentocrex kioloides)

Other Names (World)
Madagascar Wood-Rail, Kioloides Rail, Grey-throated Wood-Rail, Gray-throated Wood-Rail, Madagascan Wood Rail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pucheran, 1845)

Habitat
Forests with open understoreys and substrates of leaf-litter, water courses and reedy or papyrus-grown edges of ponds and marshes within primary and adjoining secondary rainforest with sparse herbaceous ground-cover.

Range (Guide)

Madagascar.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Little known but includes insects, amphibians, seeds.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Madagascar Wood Rail (Mentocrex kioloides) [XC162758]
by Mike Nelson from Chez Arol, Masoala NP, Madagascar (call)

Madagascar Wood Rail (Mentocrex kioloides) [XC162757]
by Mike Nelson from Chez Arol, Masoala NP, Madagascar (call)

Nest
A bowl of grass and leaves placed in a bush or a tangle of creepers 2 - 3 m above the ground.

Subspecies
Birds from Bemaraha apparently differ sufficiently in plumage coloration to be regarded as a further, as yet undescribed, subspecies.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

kioloides (Pucheran, 1845) - Eastern half of Madagascar.
berliozi Salomonsen, 1934 - Sambirano, north-western Madagascar.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Madagascar Wood-Rail (Mentocrex kioloides) - 10 files

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