Rufous-sided Crake
ID Features: Often common, but usually hard to see. Best detected by voice, a very long explosive trill. The plumage is olive-brown above with rufous face and sides, and striking black-and-white bars on the flank and vent. Similar to Red-and-white Crake, which lacks the dark cap.
Habitat: Found in damp grasslands, extensive wetlands, and sometimes rank pastures.
Locations: Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru
White-breasted Waterhen
ID Features: Medium-sized, fairly common chickenlike marsh bird; often seen foraging in the open. Adults are dark slaty above and white below, with a rusty patch under the tail. Juvenile similar but duller in color. Remarkably variable song is a series of hooting, grunting, or rasping notes or phrases, repeated monotonously, often from an exposed perch.
Habitat: Found in meadows, ditches, riversides, marshes, as well as parks and farmlands in close proximity to humans.
Locations: India, Vietnam. Malaysia, Singapore, Oman, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia
