European Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758

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Rallus aquaticus (European Water Rail) is a species of birds in the family rails. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are found in the indo-malayan realm, the palearctic, and Afrotropics. They are diurnal omnivores. They have parental care (pair provides care). They rely on flight to move around.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan
Attribution: https://www.oneearth.org/realms/indomalaya/

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical
Attribution: https://www.oneearth.org/realms/afrotropics/

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470
Definition: animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCarePair
Definition: Both parents feed and nurture offspring.
Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement

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EOL has data for 33 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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the indo-malayan realm
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan
- Attribution: https://www.oneearth.org/realms/indomalaya/
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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foraging habitat
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ForagingHabitat
- Definition: Primary habitat where the species forages during the breeding season.
- Attribution: Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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freshwater
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
- Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Jordan
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/248816
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growth rate
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260865002
- Definition: The rate of increase in the size of an organism per unit time.
- Comment: Replace with GO:growth and PATO:rate once it is available through BATTO.
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0.114 /day
life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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8.9 years
locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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flight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
- Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Decreasing
type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34840
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visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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corneal eyes
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/corneal_eyes
- Definition: Because of the difference in refractive index between air and water (or corneal tissue), a curved cornea is an image-forming lens in its own right. Its focal length is determined by the radius of curvature of the cornea. Many corneal eyes (eg: in land vertebrates) also have lenses, but the lens is flattened and weakened compared with an aquatic lens; most of the refractive power is provided by the cornea. Corneal eyes cannot focus in aquatic habitat.
- Attribution: https://www.britannica.com/science/photoreception/Single-chambered-eyes#ref278820
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weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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111.5 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of European Water Rail from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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European Water Rail includes 3 children: