Deep Forest Canopy
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Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Brown-cheeked Rail

Rallus indicus

The brown-cheeked rail or eastern water rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It breeds in northern Mongolia, eastern Siberia, northeast China, Korea and northern Japan, and winters in southeast Asia. It used to be considered a subspecies of the water rail.

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