Swinhoe's rail

Swinhoe's rail
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Coturnicops
Species:	C. exquisitus
Binomial name
	Coturnicops exquisitus; (Swinhoe, 1873)

The Swinhoe's rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found only in two different locations in Manchuria and southeastern Siberia, separated by more than 1000 km; however, in 2018, a new breeding population was found in the Amur region, situated between the two. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land. It is the world's smallest rail at 13 cm (5.2 in) and 24.5 grams. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The common name commemorates the British naturalist Robert Swinhoe.^[2]

References

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^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 331–332.

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 331–332.

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