头、颈和前胸灰白色,脸侧有栗色过眼纹。白颏,下体暗褐色,腹部以下有横条纹。嘴黄色,基部橙红,嘴长直而侧扁稍弯曲,嘴长等于或长于跗蹠;鼻孔呈缝状,位于鼻沟内。翅短,向后不超过尾长,第2枚初级飞羽最长,第1枚初级飞羽的长度介于第6枚和第8枚之间。尾羽短而圆。跗蹠长短于中趾或中趾连爪的长度,趾细长。
长嘴秧鸡尤其高度依赖于沼泽地环境——包括沼泽地的招潮蟹,这是它们的一种主要食物——如果石油到达这里,它们将无处可逃。
Clapper rails in particular are highly dependent on the marshes-including fiddler crabs, a dietary staple-and they'll have nowhere to go if the oil arrives.
像长嘴秧鸡(clapper rail)、王秧鸡(king rail)和黑脸田鸡这类喜欢在沼泽地活动的鸟类——其中一种鸟已经发现被石油侵害了——经常在含有盐分的沼泽地栖息。
Secretive marsh birds like clapper rails, king rails and soras—one of which has already been found oiled—frequent brackish and salt marsh habitat.
体型上跟鹤相似的、小到跟中等体型的沼泽鸟一样,秧鸡可以在除了极点地区的整个世界范围内被找到。
Small to medium-sized marsh birds similar in body shape by cranes, rails are found throughout the world, except in the polar regions.
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