Brown-cheeked rail

Weight

104 g – 127 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

8.78 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

8.92 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

20.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

8.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

2src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Partialsrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The brown-cheeked rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGruiformes
5. familyRallidae
6. genusRallus
7. SpeciesRallus indicus Blyth, 1849

Synonyms Rallus aquaticus indicus, Rallus aquaticus indicus, Rallus aquatiqus indicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Water rail

Rallus aquaticus

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

African rail

Rallus caerulescens

Rallidae

VU, Vulnerable

Bogotá rail

Rallus semiplumbeus

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

Virginia rail

Rallus limicola

Rallidae

LC, Least Concern

Mangrove rail

Rallus longirostris

Rallidae

VU, Vulnerable

Madagascar rail

Rallus madagascariensis

Rallidae

CompareBrown-cheeked rail vs Water railBrown-cheeked rail vs African railBrown-cheeked rail vs Bogotá railBrown-cheeked rail vs Virginia rail

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@misc{brown_cheeked_rail_2026,
  title = {Brown-cheeked rail (Rallus indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-cheeked-rail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}