The water rail 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 and blue-grey underparts, black barring on the flanks, long toes, a short tail and a long reddish bill. Immature birds are generally similar in appearance to the adults, but the blue-grey in the plumage is replaced by buff. The downy chicks are black, as with all rails. The former subspecies R. indicus, has distinctive markings and a call that is very different from the pig-like squeal of the western races, and is now usually split as a separate species, the brown-cheeked rail. Source: Wikipedia
Cita:
Linnaeus, 1758
Referència:
Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.153
Protònim:
Rallus aquaticus
Avibase ID:
DE1D2DF4456931FF
Avibase ID:
avibase-DE1D2DF4
Enllaç curt:
https://avibase.ca/DE1D2DF4
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176223
Geographic range:
Autoritats que reconeixen el concept taxonòmic:
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Western Water-Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
British Ornithologists' Union Checklist (7th edition, incl. Jan 2009 suppl.): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) |
Clements, version 2021: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Water Rail ( Rallus aquaticus) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Rallus aquaticus [version 1] |
Situació Taxonòmica:
Estatus de l'espècie: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
Aquest taxó es considera una subèspecie de
Rallus [aquaticus or indicus]
(sensu lato) per alguns autors
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