Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris) - HBW 3, p. 167
French: Râle gris
German: Klapperralle
Spanish: Rascón Piquilargo
Taxonomy: Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne, French Guiana.
This largely saltwater and brackish water species is often considered conspecific with the largely freshwater-marsh R. elegans; provisionally treated as forming superspecies. Californian races levipes, obsoletus and yumanensis sometimes placed in R. elegans; race tenuirostris of R. elegans sometimes transferred to present species. Hybridization with R. elegans occurs occasionally in areas of sympatry, and mitochondrial DNA studies of the two species have yielded inconclusive results. Twenty-one subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- obsoletus Ridgway, 1874 - C California, mainly in San Francisco Bay.
- levipes Bangs, 1899 - coastal C California to N Baja California.
- yumanensis Dickey, 1923 - SE California, S Arizona and NW Mexico.
- obsoletus Ridgway, 1874 - C California, mainly in San Francisco Bay.
- levipes Bangs, 1899 - coastal C California to N Baja California.
- yumanensis Dickey, 1923 - SE California, S Arizona and NW Mexico.
- beldingi Ridgway, 1882 - S Baja California.
- crepitans Gmelin, 1789 - coastal Connecticut S to NE North Carolina.
- waynei Brewster, 1899 - coastal SE North Carolina to E Florida.
- saturatus Ridgway, 1880 - Gulf coast from SW Alabama to extreme NE Mexico (Tamaulipas).
- pallidus Nelson, 1905 - coastal Yucatán (SE Mexico).
- grossi Paynter, 1950 - Quintana Roo (SE Mexico).
- belizensis Oberholser, 1937 - Ycacos Lagoon, Belize.
- scotti Sennett, 1888 - coastal Florida.
- insularum W. S. Brooks, 1920 - Florida Keys.
- coryi Maynard, 1887 - Bahamas.
- leucophaeus Todd, 1913 - I of Pines (Cuba).
- caribaeus Ridgway, 1880 - Cuba to Puerto Rico and Lesser Antilles E to Antigua, also Guadeloupe.
- cypereti Taczanowski, 1877 - coasts from extreme SW Colombia (Nariño) through Ecuador to extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).
- phelpsi Wetmore, 1941 - extreme NE Colombia and extreme NW Venezuela.
- margaritae Zimmer & Phelps, 1944 - Margarita I (Venezuela).
- pelodramus Oberholser, 1937 - Trinidad.
- longirostris Boddaert, 1783 - coasts of Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana.
- crassirostris Lawrence, 1871 - coastal Brazil from Amazon estuary to Santa Catarina.
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An adult feeding a small item to one of its young, then going for more Locality Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp waynei)
Robert Schaefer 22 August 2007 5 years ago 14 sec 4.7 -
An adult bird bringing a crab to one of its young and going for more Locality Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp waynei)
Robert Schaefer 22 August 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
An adult removing the legs from a crab, feeding the body to a young bird and going for more food Locality Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp waynei)
Robert Schaefer 22 August 2007 5 years ago 33 sec 4.5 -
an individual exposed on a small pond contiguous to a mangrove Locality La Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico
DAVID ASCANIO 18 April 2011 2 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
adult walking Locality Bolsa Chica Wetlands Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA (United States) (ssp light-footed-levipes)
suinmarin 3 November 2009 3 years ago 56 sec 4.3 -
An adult feeding a small item to one of its young, then going for more Locality Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Maryland, USA (United States) (ssp waynei)
Robert Schaefer 22 August 2007 5 years ago 11 sec 3.9
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Saracura matraca
Locality Peruíbe, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 28 July 2012 27 weeks ago 4.4 -
Saracura-matraca
Locality Peruíbe, São Paulo State, Brazil
Alexandre Gualhanone 14 July 2012 39 weeks ago 4 -
A adult capture small crab genero Uca
Locality Venezuela (ssp margaritae (endemic))
luisgerardogonzalezbruzual 19 October 2009 4 years ago 4 -
One adult bird perched walking on the ground.
Locality Guaratuba Bay, Paraná State, Brazil
Carlos Gussoni 17 December 2012 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird near after playback.
Locality Guaraú, Peruíbe, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 15 October 2008 49 weeks ago 3.7 -
Walking near us.
Locality Guaraú, Peruíbe, São Paulo State, Brazil
Carlos Henrique 28 September 2008 3 years ago 3.7
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Bird singing in mangrove in Atlantic Forest ecosystem region. Locality Guaraú, Peruíbe, São Paulo State, Brazil
Antonio Silveira 15 October 2008 49 weeks ago 4.5 -
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An adult singing. Un adulto vocalizando. Locality Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
J. Gonzalez y F. Collazo 14 September 2004 3 years ago 4
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