Virginia rail Rallus limicola
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Length: 7.5 inches Wingspan: 14 inches
Fairly small, chunky, short-tailed, round-winged, ground-dwelling marsh bird
Long, slightly decurved bill
Most often seen walking, rarely flies ...
Virginia Rail
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Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola
The Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) breeds across a large area of the United States, but it is often quite secretive and difficult to observe.
Virginia Rails grow to 9.5 inches, and weigh about 3 ounces, with a wingspan of 13 inches. Observers are more likely to hear the grunts, clicks, and whinnies of the Virginia Rail than to see its complex, bright plumage.
Virginia Rail: Breeds from southern British Columbia to Newfoundland to northwestern Baja California, southern Arizona, west-central Texas, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, central Mexico, and South America.
Virginia Rail Behaviour
No observations regarding Virginia Rail behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Virginia Rails ...
Virginia Rail
(Rallus limicola)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2008
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Likely but not confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed ...
Virginia Rail
Rallus limicola Vieillot
Status Uncommon and local in summer, very rare in winter. Breeds.
Virginia Rail
This report is one in a series of literature syntheses on North American wetland birds. The need for these reports was identified by the Prairie Pothole Joint Venture (PPJV), a part of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola. Historical breeder. Uncommon in winter, and uncommon to rare in spring and fall in Inland Coastal Plain and Gulf Coast regions. In Mountain and Tennessee Valley regions, rare in winter, spring, and fall.
Virginia Rail
White Vervain
Verbena urticifolia (scientific)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain) is a herbaceous plant in the vervain family (Verbenaceae). It belongs to the "true" vervains of genus Verbena.
Virginia Rail
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Redhead
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Habitat utilization by sora, Virginia rails, and king rails near southwestern Lake Erie. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University. 112 p. Thesis. [60905] 3. Arno, Stephen F. 1980. Forest fire history in the Northern Rockies. Journal of Forestry.
THE VIRGINIAN RAIL.
[Virginia Rail.]
RALLUS VIRGINIANUS, Linn.
[Rallus limicola.] ...
Friend put this on a listserve for our area to show the picture of Rochester, NY area wintering Virginia Rail . Very impressed with your goals and site. I look forward to viewing it often. Thank you very much.
Judy Thurber ...
Page 4: Lark Bunting (September 2006); Burrowing Owl, White-winged Dove, American Bittern, Virginia Rail, Common Moorhen, Blackpoll Warbler and Green-tailed Towhee (September/October 2006).
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
King Rail (Rallus elegans)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) ...
The king rail is the largest of the rail family in North America. This rail has rust-colored feathers with a long bill. Its sides are heavily barred-distinguishing this bird from its smaller relative, the Virginia rail.
tally a Wilson's Snipe, (2) Virginia Rails, a Marsh Wren and a Northern
Shrike in the marsh at the base of High Head. TOM LIPSKY will post the
entire count circle totals later.
Mark Lynch
moa.lynch(AT)verizon.net ...
 See also: Sora, Coot, American Coot, King rail, Purple
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