Brown-cheeked Rail

The brown-cheeked rail is a secretive marsh bird with a long reddish bill, brown face, streaked upperparts and barred flanks. It breeds in East Asia and migrates south to Southeast Asia, inhabiting marshes, reedbeds and wet grassland. Birds walk through dense vegetation or along muddy edges, probing for invertebrates and taking seeds and shoots, and are more often heard calling than seen clearly (Wikipedia, general species account). It is Nationally Least Concern (Thailand Red Data 2025).