Northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia (upper R Yenisey and middle R Lena) to Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and northern Japan. Winters from eastern Bengal and Assam, Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Laos east to south-eastern China and Hainan, Taiwan and southern Japan. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Western Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus).
Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) [XC266591]
by Albert Lastukhin from Lake Furen area, Hokkaido, Russian Federation (song)
Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) [XC487199]
by Philippe J. DUBOIS from \u5c0f\u6e05\u6cb3,Beijing,China, Russian Federation (flight call, nocturnal flight call)
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Western Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus).