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The Sakalava Rail (Zapornia olivieri) is a bird found in Madagascar. Found in Madagascar. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Sakalava Rail lives

Found in Madagascar.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🐟 Fish10%

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

Conservation status

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Recorded by Dries Van de Loock (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC537057. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Sakalava Rail

Where does the Sakalava Rail live?

The Sakalava Rail lives in Madagascar. Found in Madagascar.

What does the Sakalava Rail eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Sakalava 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.