King rail

An adult king rail will molt completely after nesting and it becomes flightless for almost a month.The king rail lays a clutch of 6 to 14 pale buff eggs with brown spotting.[3] This rail forages in shallow water near cover and eats mainly aquatic insects and crustaceans.[2][7] These birds are still common in some coastal areas, although interior populations have declined due to habitat loss.[3] In Michigan, it is considered a legally protected state endangered species, at an imperiled level.
At Huntley Meadows in Virginia
A chick
Conservation statusNear ThreatenedIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataGruiformesRallidaeRallusBinomial nameAudubonNorth AmericanHuntley MeadowsVirginiamarshesmigrateUnited StatesMexicoCanadaOntariodiurnalnocturnalcanopyclapper railrangesspeciesclutchinsectscrustaceanscoastalhabitat lossIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesHauber, Mark E.Sibley, David AllenInternet Bird CollectionXeno-cantoWikidataWikispeciesARKiveAvibaseBirdLifeEURINGiNaturalistNatureServeNeotropicalObservation.orgPaleobiology Database