Rallus indicus
Winter visitor. SW Nepal to E Arunachal. NE India. Bangladesh. S West Bengal. Similar to Water Rail, but shows more pronounced supercilium (due to darker eye-stripe), browner wash across breast, a ndhas barred undertail-coverts. Juvenile similar to juvenile Water Rail but with barred undertail-coverts. Formerly treated as conspecificwi th Water Rail R. aquaticus. Marshes.
Winter visitor. SW Nepal to E Arunachal. NE India. Bangladesh. S West Bengal. Similar to Water Rail, but shows more pronounced supercilium (due to darker eye-stripe), browner wash across breast, a ndhas barred undertail-coverts. Juvenile similar to juvenile Water Rail but with barred undertail-coverts. Formerly treated as conspecificwi th Water Rail R. aquaticus. Marshes.
Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.
Brown-cheeked Rail is bigger than Andaman Hawk Owl but smaller than Assam Laughingthrush.
This bird
Brown-cheeked Rail
Rallus indicus
23–28 cm
