#0715 · 🐦 birds

Water Rail

🇳🇱 Waterral ·Rallus aquaticus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The water rail ( Rallus aquaticus ) is a bird of the rail family which breeds in well-vegetated wetlands across Europe, Asia and North Africa. Northern and eastern populations are migratory, but this species is a permanent resident in the warmer parts of its breeding range. The adult is 23–28 cm (9–11 in) long, and, like other rails, has a body that is flattened laterally, allowing it easier passage through the reed beds it inhabits. It has mainly brown upperparts...

base stats

NL sightings 130iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,311iNaturalist observations
weight 125 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).