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ViewsBlack RailFrom Opus
[edit] Identification10cm
Sexes similar [edit] DistributionPoorly known, perhaps more numerous than they seem. Currently thought to be very local from U.S. to central Argentina and Chile. [edit] TaxonomyThe Junin Rail is sometimes lumped within L. jamaicensis. [edit] Subspecies[1]Ranges are disjunct.
[edit] HabitatCoastal salt marshes and some freshwater marshes. [edit] Behaviour[edit] DietThe diet includes small invertebrates and seeds of some marsh plants. [edit] BreedingNests are hidden in clumps of vegetation on marshes and grassland, slightly elevated from the ground. Both sexes appear to incubate the eggs. [edit] References
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