Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
King Rail
Rallus elegans
- tidak umum
- 42 km/h
- Hampir terancam
The largest North American rail, lurking deep in freshwater marshes. Heard far more often than seen.
- Populasi
- ~69,000 mature individuals, decreasing
- Habitat
- Freshwater and (locally) brackish marshes — including rice fields, flooded farmland, river margins, marsh-shrub swamp, and upland fields near marshes, with dense grasses, sedges, rushes, and cattails
- Fakta menarik
- The King Rail is the largest rail species in North America and, like other rails, becomes flightless for nearly a month during its post-breeding molt; it is also unusual among rails for being diurnal rather than nocturnal.
- Sebaran
- Eastern North America: breeds from southern Ontario, Canada and the Great Lakes/Midwest south through the eastern and southern United States; southeastern U.S. coastal populations are largely resident, others migrate to the Gulf Coast, eastern Mexico, and Cuba, with a possible/historical record from Panama
- Makanan
- Largely carnivorous — crayfish, crabs (including fiddler crabs), aquatic insects, small fish, clams, and other invertebrates, with occasional seeds and plant matter; known to dunk land-caught food in water before eating it
- Ukuran
- 0,43 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,58 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
