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White-browed Crake

Animals; Birds

The White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Slaty-breasted Rail

Animals; Birds

The Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus) is a species of rail found in South and South-east Asia.

Virginia Rail

Animals; Birds

The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is marshes from Nova Scotia to California and North Carolina, also in Central America and ...

Water Rail

Animals; Birds

The Water Rail or European Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) is a small wetland bird of the rail family. Its breeding habitat is marshes and reedbeds across Europe and Asia.

Parasitic Skua

Animals; Birds

The Parasitic Jaeger, also known as the Arctic Skua or Parasitic Skua, (Stercorarius parasiticus) is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. This species breeds in the north of Eurasia and North ...

Pomarine Skua

Animals; Birds

The Pomarine Skua, Stercorarius pomarinus, known as Pomarine Jaeger in North America, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migrant, wintering at sea in the tropical oceans.

Red Phalarope

Animals; Birds

The Red Phalarope (called Grey Phalarope in Europe), Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually ...

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