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Brown-cheeked Rail
Rallus indicus Blyth, 1849
Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
Brown-cheeked Rail, Rallus indicus, is a rail of the Palearctic, breeding from eastern Siberia to Japan and moving south outside the breeding season to Nepal, south-east Asia and Borneo, where it is rare. It belongs to the family Rallidae and was described by Blyth in 1849. It is set apart from the water rail by its different vocalisations, and it is now treated as a full species. Earlier it was regarded as part of the water rail complex.
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: e Siberia to Japan
- Nonbreeding range
- Nepal to se Asia and Borneo (rare)
