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Inaccessible Island Rail
Laterallus rogersi (Lowe, 1923)
Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
Inaccessible Island Rail, Laterallus rogersi, is a rail of the family Rallidae that lives on Inaccessible Island in the Tristan Archipelago, in the south Atlantic. It is the smallest living bird that cannot fly, and it was first described by Percy Lowe in 1923. Adults have brown plumage, a black bill and feet, and a red eye. It uses most habitats on the island, from the shore to the central plateau. Its breeding range is Atlantic Ocean: Inaccessible I.
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots
- Breeding range
- Atlantic Ocean: Inaccessible I.
