Birds of Indian Subcontinent - Slaty-breasted Rail

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Increasing

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Reedy swamps, Paddy fields

Diet

Insects, Molluscs, Shoots, Seeds

Slaty-breasted Rail

Lewinia striata

Regional Names

Bengali:
মেটেবুক ঝিল্লি
Gujarati:
પિરોજી પાન લૌવા, પટવાળી સન્તાકૂકડી
Malayalam:
നീലമാറൻ കുളക്കോഴി
Marathi:
निळ्या छातीची फटाकडी
Nepali:
ठूलो कस्दरी
Tamil:
நீல மார்பு சம்பங்கோழி

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Taxanomy

GRUIFORMES
RALLIDAE
Lewinia striata

Ruddy-breasted
Crake

Brown
Crake