Watercock vs African Rail

Gallicrex cinerea مقارنةً بـ Rallus caerulescens

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Watercock African Rail
الاسم العلمي Gallicrex cinerea Rallus caerulescens
الرتبة Gruiformes Gruiformes
الفصيلة Rallidae Rallidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 37,2 cm (14.6 in) 23,8 cm (9.4 in)
الوزن 426,6666666666667 g (15.05 oz) 160,25 g (5.65 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 3-6 2-6
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Watercock only

بلا

African Rail only

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Watercock

Least Concern

African Rail

About These Birds

Watercock

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) is a medium 42–43 cm rail of South and South-East Asia. Strongly sexually dimorphic; breeding male dark slaty with distinctive red frontal shield and knob; female brown-streaked. Inhabits rice paddies, freshwater marshes, and flooded grasslands from India east to China and Indonesia. Partly migratory. Polygynous.

African Rail

African Rail (Rallus caerulescens), 28 cm. Brown above with dark streaks; blue-grey underparts; barred white flanks; red bill and legs. Found in freshwater reedbeds and swamp margins across sub-Saharan Africa. Omnivore. Least Concern; common in wetland habitat.

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