rail; water rail
Refers to birds of the family Rallidae, especially the water rail (Rallus aquaticus).
I found a water rail in the marsh.
Baillon's crake
corn crake; land rail
white-browed crake
Katakana spelling is common for bird names; usually written in kana.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Hiragana spelling, also common.
Rarely used kanji form.
The origin of the bird name くいな is uncertain. 水鶏 is a conventional semantic spelling referring to a water-dwelling bird.