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Rails, coots and moorhens are secretive birds of marshes and reedbeds. A narrow body lets them slip between the stems. They live almost all over the planet. On isolated islands, several species have lost the ability to fly. Several have long toes that spread their weight on soft mud.
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Rallidae
Zapornia pusilla · Least concern
A single Baillon's crake once reached North America, on Attu Island in September 2000. Named after the French naturalist Louis Antoine François Baillon, this small rail hides in sedge beds and swamps from Eastern Europe to Japan. It bred in Great Britain until the mid-19th century and is now returning to Germany and the Netherlands; an Irish record in 2012 was the first since the 1850s.
Photo: Tisha Mukherjee (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rallidae
Rallus aquaticus · Least concern
Like other rails, the water rail has a body flattened from side to side, letting it slip through reed beds. The female defends her eggs and chicks against intruders, and may even move them elsewhere if the nest is discovered. Pairs normally raise two clutches a season.
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rallidae
Fulica atra · Least concern
The Eurasian coot's white frontal shield only fully develops at about one year old; juveniles are paler and lack it. Pairs build a bulky nest that floats or sits on a barely submerged log, the male gathering most of the material while the female builds it in.
Photo: Noodle snacks (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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