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Clapper Rail

Animals; Birds

The Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. Some researchers believe that this bird and the similar King Rail are a single species; the two birds are known to ...

Okinawa Rail

Animals; Birds

The Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae) is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan.

Small Button-quail

Animals; Birds

The Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail, or Andalusian Hemipode, Turnix sylvatica, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This ...

Slaty-legged Crake

Animals; Birds

The Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake (Rallina eurizonoides) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas in well-wooded country across ...

Barred Button-quail

Animals; Birds

The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident ...

Yellow-legged Button-quail

Animals; Birds

The Yellow-legged Buttonquail (Turnix tanki) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This family is peculiar in that the females are ...

Barbary Falcon

Animals; Birds

The Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow. This bird of prey breeds in the Canary Islands and on the coasts of north Africa.

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