Editing Clapper rail (section)

==Behaviour==
===Feeding===
These birds eat [[crustacean]]s, aquatic [[insect]]s, and small [[fish]]. They search for food while walking, sometimes probing with their long bills, in shallow water or mud.<ref name=bow/>

===Breeding===
The nest is a large platform of dry grasses and is usually placed on the ground in dense vegetation. The clutch size varies between four and sixteen eggs with an average of nine. The eggs measure {{cvt|42.5|x|30|mm}} and are creamy white with irregular blotches of reddish-brown, grey or lilac. They are incubated for 20 days by both parents with the male incubating at night. The young are brooded by the adults for several days. They become independent of the adults when six weeks old and can fly when 10 weeks old.<ref name=bow/>