Rails and Crakes
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds, including rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, and thus difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species world wide and 9 Korean species.
- Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
- Band-bellied Crake Porzana paykullii
- Watercock Gmelin
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Coot Fulica atra
Read more about this topic: List Of Non-passerine Birds Of Korea
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“The train’s gone, the rails are cold.”
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