Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Slaty-breasted Rail
Lewinia striata
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A skulker of paddy edges, more often heard than seen, picking through wet sedge with quiet patience. Rails feel scarce even when they are right at your feet.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; both population size and trend are unknown (species described as widespread and locally common across its range)
- Habitat
- Wetlands and vegetated wet areas: marshes, swamps, bogs/fens, seasonally flooded paddy fields and other agricultural wetland, mangroves, wet grasslands, rural gardens and arable land; occurs from sea level up to about 1,850 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Long placed in the genus Gallirallus, the Slaty-breasted Rail was moved to the resurrected genus Lewinia after genetic studies showed it was not closely related to true Gallirallus rails.
- Sebaran
- South and Southeast Asia: Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) east through Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina (Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam) and Malaysia to southern China (incl. Yunnan) and Taiwan, and south through the Philippines and insular Southeast Asia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, other Indonesian islands) — resident across roughly 16 countries/territories with an extent of occurrence of about 19,000,000 km2
- Makanan
- Omnivorous; forages by probing mud and shallow water with its bill for aquatic invertebrates (insects, worms, mollusks) and also takes seeds and grain (including rice) in paddies and marshes
- Ukuran
- 0,28 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,38 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,5 tahun
