Water rail sp in Mongolia (1 Viewer)

[MJB]

The Birdlife map shows Western as basically stopping at the Mongolian border, although they almost certainly do breed in western Mongolia, as does Little Crake. Birdlife map Brown-cheeked as entering central Mongolia from the north and extending down to the Khangai mountains. My record was just south of this, so Brown-cheeked would, probably, have been more expected in that area.

That's got the makings of an enterprising PhD study...!
MJB

 

[foresttwitcher]

I don't have Brazil's more recent Birds of Japan - would anyone who does have it like to look and see if this error has been corrected?

Mac, Brazil's "Birds of Japan" only depicts Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) - the adult with an under-tail as per your photos and a juvenile with blurry black barring only in the centre of the under-tail and white on the outside of the under-tail.

 

[Frenchy]

That's got the makings of an enterprising PhD study...!
MJB

Well, i'll be there again in June with one of my targets being to sound record/photo the Savi's Warblers at the same site - possibly the most easterly (presumed) breeding Savi's in the World.

That and seeing all the megas, obviously!

 

[MacNara]

Mac, Brazil's "Birds of Japan" only depicts Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus) - the adult with an under-tail as per your photos and a juvenile with blurry black barring only in the centre of the under-tail and white on the outside of the under-tail.

Thanks for that information. He seems to have fixed this one anyway.

[There are three reasons I don't have this book: my copy of Birds of East Asia has still not fallen apart; an excellent new (illustrated, not photo) Japanese-language guide came out at the same time; and I am protesting the fact that Birds of Japan doesn't (according to samples I have seen online, and a couple of reviews) include the Japanese names of birds (in Japanese and roman letters preferably) - all my Japanese language guides give names in English as well as Japanese-language and binomials.]

 

[foresttwitcher]

I am protesting the fact that Birds of Japan doesn't (according to samples I have seen online, and a couple of reviews) include the Japanese names of birds (in Japanese and roman letters preferably)

Correct, no Japanese characters or romanised Japanese names.

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

If you reread the OP, you'll see he's talking about Eastern/Brown-cheeked cf Western. He's just used both common names for R. indicus scattered around the post

Yes, now I realized, that is what confused me.