Inaccessible rail
Laterallus rogersi (Lowe, 1923)
The inaccessible rail (Laterallus rogersi) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 37.5 g to 41.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
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Quick facts about the inaccessible rail
- Weight
- 37.5 g – 41.8 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.06src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the inaccessible rail live?
Not recorded
Is the inaccessible rail endangered?
The inaccessible rail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.
How is the inaccessible rail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusLaterallus
- SpeciesLaterallus rogersi (Lowe, 1923)
Synonyms Atlantisia rogersi
Other names and names in other languages (44)
- Inaccessible island railEnglish
- Inaccessable-eilandriethaanAfrikaans
- مرعة جزيرة انكسسيبلArabic
- rascló de l'illa InaccessibleCatalan
- chřástal drobnýCzech
- chřástal RogersůvCzech
- rhegen Ynys InaccessibleWelsh
- MuserikseDanish
- Inaccessible DværgrikseDanish
- AtlantisralleGerman
- tristana raloEsperanto
- rasconcillo de Tristan da CunhaSpanish
- Rasconcillo de Tristán de AcuñaSpanish
- hiirruikEstonian
- erakkoluhtakanaFinnish
- Râle atlantisFrench
- mrka kokošicaCroatian
- Atlantisz-guvatHungarian
- Rallo di InaccessibleItalian
- Rallo dell'isola InaccessibileItalian
- Schiribilla dell'isola InaccessibileItalian
- マメクロクイナJapanese
- AtlantizijaLithuanian
- neskraidančioji vištelėLithuanian
- InaccessibleralDutch
- Inaccessible-eilandralDutch
- Inaccessible-IslandralDutch
- tristanrikseNorwegian
- derkaczyk nielotnyPolish
- Chruścielak karłowatyPolish
- chruścielowiec karłowatyPolish
- saracurinha-da-inacessívelPortuguese
- franga-d'água-da-inacessívelPortuguese
- frango-d'água-da-inacessívelPortuguese
- frango-de-água-da-inacessívelPortuguese
- Тристанский пастушокRussian
- chriašteľ krpatýSlovak
- Petlovan sa Nedostižnog ostrvaSerbian
- atlantrallSwedish
- atlantdvärgrallSwedish
- Atlantis YelvesiTurkish
- пастушок тристанськийUkrainian
- 呆秧雞Chinese
- 荒岛秧鸡Chinese
Relatives of the inaccessible rail
Other species in the same genus Laterallus.
White-throated crake
Laterallus albigularis
Rufous-sided crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Galapagos crake
Laterallus spilonota
Grey-breasted crake
Laterallus exilis
Black rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Ruddy crake
Laterallus ruber
CompareInaccessible rail vs White-throated crakeInaccessible rail vs Rufous-sided crakeInaccessible rail vs Galapagos crakeInaccessible rail vs Grey-breasted crake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the inaccessible rail?
An adult inaccessible rail weighs 37.5 g – 41.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the inaccessible rail endangered?
The inaccessible rail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the inaccessible rail?
The inaccessible rail (Laterallus rogersi) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
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