…Food varies according to the habitat and species, and includes stems and roots of aquatic plants, various small aquatic animals, grass and tree shoots, seeds, land snails, and insects. The African rail, Himantornis haematopus , which is considered to be the most primitive rail that lives in the forests of West Africa, nests in tree cavities, and its chicks are covered in mottled yellow-brown downy feathers like those of shorebirds. Most other species nest on the ground in lush grasslands or thickets, and some species nest several meters up in trees. … *Some of the terminology that refers to the African footed crake is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…食物はその生息環境によっても種によっても異なり,水生植物の茎や根,各種の水生の小動物,草や木の芽,種子,陸生の巻貝類,昆虫類などさまざまである。 アフリカ西部の森林に生息するもっとも原始的なクイナと考えられているアフリカアシクイナHimantornis haematopusは,樹洞に営巣し,雛はシギ・チドリ類の雛のように明暗のまだらのある黄褐色の綿羽に覆われている。他の大部分の種はよく繁茂する草地ややぶなどの地上に巣をつくり,一部の種は樹上数mの枝上に巣をつくる。… ※「アフリカアシクイナ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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