Swinhoe's Rail

Coturnicops exquisitus (Swinhoe, 1873)

13 cmLength61 gWeight

The smallest rail, with a body length of 13 cm, it is secretive.

Busiest months: June · Most records: Russia, China, Japan

Least Concern

How to identify

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: June · Most records: Russia, China, Japan

Swinhoe's Rail has been recorded at 11 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Muravyevka ParkRussia81 records
Urqihan [General Area]China34 records
Ming Tombs ReservoirChina13 records

More places

Poyang Lake National Wetland ParkChina4 records
Happy IslandChina2 records
Ma ChangChina2 records
Inashiki – Kasumigaura – Ukishima Marsh and Myoginohana Bird BlindJapan1 record
Ming TombsChina1 record
ShagangmaChina1 record
Beidaihe – Wetland Reserve and ReservoirChina1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Russia China Japan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

Swinhoe's rail (Coturnicops exquisitus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae occurring in northeastern Asia. It was known only in two locations in Manchuria and southeastern Siberia, separated by more than 1000 km; however, in 2018, a new breeding population was found in the Amur region, situated between the two. Its natural habitats are swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and arable land.

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