Stats

Lifespan: 5-9 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Crepuscular
Social: Solitary
Biome: Freshwater wetland
Range: North America
Movement: Walking
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

This small waterbird hides within the dense reeds of freshwater marshes. Its body is laterally compressed to squeeze through narrow gaps in thick vegetation.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2.
hatchling
A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Rallus
Species: Rallus limicola