Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: Ridgway, 1874

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
This rail is thought to have a moderately small population, which is thought to be declining owing to a variety of threats including conversion and degradation of wetlands as a result of agricultural, industrial and residential development, pollution, and predation by invasive species. It is therefore classified as Near Threatened.

Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 1,260,000 km²

Country endemic: no