Okinawa Rail

Hypotaenidia okinawae

The Okinawa Rail (Hypotaenidia okinawae) is a bird found in Japan. Found in Japan. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

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Scientific name	Hypotaenidia okinawae
Region	Asia
Found in	Japan

🏡 Where the Okinawa Rail lives

Found in Japan.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs50%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs50%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

EndangeredVery few are left in the wild.

💡 It weighs about 433 grams. It mostly eats insects and other small creatures and lizards and frogs.

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Recorded by Andrew Spencer (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), xeno-canto XC165614. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Okinawa Rail

Where does the Okinawa Rail live?

The Okinawa Rail lives in Japan. Found in Japan.

What does the Okinawa Rail eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 50%), reptiles and frogs (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Okinawa Rail endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.