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Giant Wood-Rail

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Miranda Collett
Miranda Collett

Former Airline Captain of B747, Miranda Collett, switched career in 2010 to become a wildlife conservationist, purchasing a former cattle ranch in NE Argentina.

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The Giant Wood Rail is ubiquitous in the Ibera Marshes and thrives in the marshy wetlands being a consumer of reptiles, amphibians, insects and probably small fish.

It is of a confiding nature and is often seen out in the open where it is reluctant to fly.  It has a very loud call which sounds as if it is in distress.

It is very attractively marked with a grey neck, rosy belly, bright red legs and eyes and chestnut upperparts.  It measureas about 45cm.

Part of the family Rallidae, it breeds successfully in the Ibera Marshes

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