Black rail Laterallus jamaicensis
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Length: 4.5 inches
Very small, chunky, short-tailed, round-winged, ground-dwelling marsh bird
Black head and breast
Brown nape
Dark back and wing coverts with small white spots ...
Black Rail
Adult
Similar Species
All young rails are black and may be similar in size to the Black Rail. Young rails are downy, generally do not have black bills, and lack the white back spotting and chestnut nape.
Black Rails need extensive tracts of marshland or wet meadows. Join the efforts of a local conservation group, like California's Marin Audubon Society, ...
Five subspecies recognized; two are found in North America: the larger-billed, nominate eastern black rail (L. j. jamaicensis) and the California black rail (L. j. coturniculus). Other races are found in South America (Eddleman et al. 1994).
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Last updated 3/7/96 This is probably the rarest regularly occuring bird in the UTC. Black Rails are small and secretive.
Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis (Gmelin)
Sanford et al. (1903) mention a mounted specimen said to be from Halifax, but no data are given on place or date of capture (see previous editions of this book).
Black Rail
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Clapper Rail
Summer Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
Clapper Rail, Rallus longirostris
King Rail, Rallus elegans
Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola
Sora, Porzana carolina (A)
Yellow-breasted Crake, Porzana flaviventer ...
It answered our tape and one person was able to see the tiny little black rail in the shrubs. At one time it was moving less than two feet from me, but I was unable to see it.
LEAST WATER RAIL.
[Black Rail.]
ORTYGOMETRA JAMAICENSIS, Briss.
[Laterallus jamaicensis.] ...
They may be divided into two major types: the long-billed rails, which include the Virginia (Rallus limicola), king, clapper, and water rails; and those with short, conical bills, including the sora (Porzana carolina), yellow, and black rails ...
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
King Rail (Rallus elegans)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) ...
Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
Junin Rail, Laterallus tuerosi
Galapagos Rail, Laterallus spilonotus
Red-and-white Crake, Laterallus leucopyrrhus
Rufous-faced Crake, Laterallus xenopterus ...
Immediately after patchy prescribed burns in Florida, black rails were observed in unburned areas [31]. In addition, a review states that the lack of cover available after fire results in rails leaving burned areas [7].
Tape-recorded calls were played to elicit responses from Sora, Virginia Rail, King Rail, Black Rail, Yellow Rail, American Bittern, and Least Bittern. Surveys occurred from 0430 to 1000 h.
 See also: Purple, Virginia Rail, King rail, Clapper Rail, Purple gallinule
  
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