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Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus   Linnaeus, 1758
 

Distribution: Palearctic. Winters to SE Asia and Borneo.  (Map)

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References:
James F. Clements. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition, Cornell University Press (June 7, 2007)


Taxonomy
Red list  - Least Concern   [INFO]
Kingdom Animalia
Animals
Phylum Chordata
Chordates
Class Aves
Birds
Order Gruiformes
Rails, Cranes, Bustards
Family Rallidae
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
Genus Rallus
Typical Rails
Species aquaticus
Water Rail
Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies/hybrids/varieties
Subspecies
hibernans
Iceland
aquaticus
W Palearctic
korejewi
Iran to NW China. Winters to India and S China.
indicus
E Siberia to Japan. Winters to SE Asia and Borneo.

Taxon names
  Swedish Vattenrall
  German Wasserralle
  Danish Vandrikse
  Spanish Rascón Europeo
  Estonian Rooruik
  Faroese Jarðarkona
  Finnish Luhtakana
  French Râle d'eau
  Hungarian Guvat
  Icelandic Keldusvín
  Italian Porciglione comune
  Japanese Kuina
  Latvian Dumbrcālis
  Dutch Waterral
  Norwegian Vannrikse
  Polish Wodnik
  Portuguese Frango-d'água
  Welsh Rhegen y Dwr


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