---
title: "Bruinwangral"
description: "Rallus indicus — Vogels. The brown-cheeked rail or eastern water rail (Rallus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-cheeked-rail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bruinwangral

> Rallus indicus — Vogels. The brown-cheeked rail or eastern water rail (Rallus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Rallus indicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 806
- Wikidata: [Q3454180](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3454180)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144477](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144477)

## Names

- en: Brown-cheeked Rail
- de: Indische Wasserralle
- es: Rascón Asiático
- fr: Râle à joues brunes
- nl: Bruinwangral
- pl: Wodnik brązowopierśny

## Countries with the most observations

CN (180), JP (115), TW (78), HK (62), RU (32), KR (26), MO (23), IN (15), TH (8), BD (5), MN (4)

## Summary

The brown-cheeked rail or eastern water rail (Rallus indicus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
It breeds in northern Mongolia, eastern Siberia, northeast China, Korea and northern Japan, and winters in southeast Asia.  It used to be considered a subspecies of the water rail.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-cheeked_rail

## Photo

![Bruinwangral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-cheeked-rail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336808766

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-cheeked-rail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).