Rails: A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World

Rarely seen and little known, the 145 species of the secretive rail family occupy a wide range of habitats, from forests and wetlands to grasslands and even scrub-covered remote oceanic islands and coral cays. This up-to-date book provides a detailed summary of current knowledge on rails, including two species that have only recently been described and eleven that are recently extinct.

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