Rougetius rougetii
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Rouget's rail (Rougetius rougetii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Rougetius. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Rouget's rail is about 30 cm (12 in) long. In coloration, it has olive brown back, and cinnamon-rufous underside. Sexes are alike. One female and male weighed 170 g (6.0 oz) and 220 g (7.8 oz), respectively.
It inhabits the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands at 2,000–4,100 m (6,600–13,500 ft) where it frequents moorland, grassland, and marshy areas. The diet of Rouget's rail consists of seeds, aquatic insects (namely water beetles), crustaceans, and small snails.
It lays 4–5 eggs, which are incubated by the female and probably the male. Both parents raise the chicks, which remain with its parents until fully grown. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bale Mountains National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addis Ababa | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Addis Ababa, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rouget's Rail sighting in Addis Ababa on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 109 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and June–July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rouget's Rail in Addis Ababa on a given day, against about 10% in August and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Addis Ababa's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in January.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rouget's Rail sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Addis Ababa, in our data
Addis Ababa is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rouget's Rail sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rouget's Rail is recorded against all the birds logged in Addis Ababa (56 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
