PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
So please let me know on my guestbook at the bottom of the page
Birdwatching in Africa - Rouget's Rail, Rougetius rougetii


The Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Rougetius. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there


Length: 30 cm
Wingspan:
Weight:
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

•
Similar Species

•

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male

• Sexes similar, immatures paler than adults, juveniles undescribed.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.


Listen to the Rouget's Rail

Remarks from the Recordist

Two call types from the same bird as in XC294195, in response to playback of that cut.



Remarks from the Recordist

song duet from the same pair as in XC294197, in response to playback of that cut. Some background noise from other people in the car after the 1:00 mark.


www.xeno-canto.org


Conservation status
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

www.birdforum.net


Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 5 November 2019
Location: Outside North entrance to Bole Mountain National Park, Ethiopia

Rouget's Rail, Rougetius rougetii
Rouget's Rail
5 November 2019 - Outside North entrance to Bole Mountain National Park, Ethiopia



PLEASE! If I have made any mistakes identifying any bird, PLEASE let me know on my guestbook



       
                  



                                       

You are visitor no.
To www.aladdin.st since December 2005

Visitors from different countries since 26th of September 2011