Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)

Other Names (World)
Swinhoe's Rail, Swinhoe's Yellow Rail, Swinhoe's Siberian Rail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swinhoe, 1873)

Habitat
Wet meadows and marshes during breeding season. Also wet ricefields in winter.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B), Japan (NB), North Korea (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), South Korea (NB).

South-eastern Transbaikalia and southern Ussuriland and eastern Heilongjiang (Manchuria). Winters from Japan and Korea through Ryukyu Is to southern China.

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

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) [XC321495]
by Tom Wulf from , Russian Federation (call)

Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) [XC321493]
by Alex Thomas from Muraviovka Park, Russian Federation (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis), with which forms Holarctic superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Swinhoes Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) - 10 files

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