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Slaty‑breasted Rail Did you see this animal?

Scientific Name : Lewinia striatus
Family : Rallidae
Order : Gruiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Blue-breasted Banded Rail
Habitat : Wetlands
 
Description : The Slaty-breasted Rail is a smallish skulking water bird with a longish bill (adult bird length approximately 27 cm, weight 130 g, wing 13 cm, bill 3.5 cm, tarsus 3.5 cm, tail 4 cm). The male looks a little different from the female. The male looks dark brown with narrow white barring and spotting above. It feeds on seeds and shoots of water plants, molluscs, worms and water insects.
 
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.