Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) - HBW 3, p. 168
French: Râle de Virginie
German: Virginiaralle
Spanish: Rascón de Virginia
Taxonomy: Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819, Pennsylvania.
Forms superspecies with R. semiplumbeus and R. antarcticus; latter sometimes considered a race of present species. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- limicola Vieillot, 1819 - S Canada and W, C & NE USA; winters from SW Canada and E Great Lakes through S USA and Mexico to Guatemala.
- friedmanni Dickermann, 1966 - volcanic belt of CS Mexico to extreme S Mexico to Guatemala.
- aequatorialis Sharpe, 1894 - extreme SW Colombia, and Andes of Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Virginia Rail in a Connecticut freshwater marsh in May. ©JimZipp.com 2011 Locality Connecticut, USA (United States)
wildbirdvideos 25 May 2011 28 weeks ago 33 sec 4.9 -
An adult bird foraging and disappearing back into the reeds Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2001 4 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
An adult bird foraging in a fresh water marsh Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 28 February 2001 4 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
An adult feeding in wetlands Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp limicola)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2005 5 years ago 16 sec 4.2
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Individual coming out of the dense vegetation.
Locality Carden Alvar, Kirkfield, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 12 June 2011 34 weeks ago 3.9 -
Adult male in spring.
Locality Quebec, Canada
Hervé MICHEL 1 May 2008 2 years ago 3
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Singing, ~10:30 pm Locality Ross, Manitoba, Canada
(ssp limicola)
Andrew_Davis 11 May 2010 1 year ago 4
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