Yellow Rail
(Coturnicops noveboracensis)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
The back has black and tawny longitudinal stripes. The trailing edges of the wings, when seen in flight, are white. The bill is short and yellow. |
Size |
6½″ to 7½″ in length 11″ wingspan |
Voice |
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Repetitive clicking, like stones clicking together: “tic-tic, tic-tic-tic.” |
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Habitat |
Wet, sedge dominated prairies and meadows |
Ecology |
Migration |
Late April to mid-May and September |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Locally common breeder and probable migrant |
Maps |
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Gruiformes (cranes, rails, and allies) |
Family |
Rallidae (rails, gallinules, and coots) |
Genus |
Coturnicops (yellow rails) |
Subordinate Taxa |
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Mexican Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani) (possibly extinct) Norhtern Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis) |
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Slideshows |
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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Yellow Rail Rice Festival, 2014 |
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Yellow Rails and Rice Festival Oct. 2013 |
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In Search of Coturnicops noveboracensis |
About
Published on Jan 22, 2015 A birding film, made with Mike Anderson in 1975, shortly after I began birding. I gave it a new soundtrack, and spliced in some footage of actual birds (the gull shot was taken by my Dad, perhaps as early as 1959). I kind of like the finished product. |
Yellow Rail |
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Published on May 7, 2016 Port Austin, MI |
Alabama's Elusive Yellow Rail |
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Published on Oct 9, 2013 Biologists are studying this secretive marsh bird to learn more about its habitat needs and population dynamics. |
Yellow Rail Walks on Anahuac NWR-April 2013 |
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Published on Apr 24, 2013 Yellow Rail walks led by the Friends of Anahuac Refuge provide visitors an up-close view of rails found on the refuge. Special permission has been granted by the US Fish & Wildlife Service to the Friends to provide this opportunity. |
Yellow Rail Carden Alvar |
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Published on Apr 30, 2015 Yellow Rail singing at the Sedge Wren Marsh on the Carden Alvar, Ontario. Please note Virginia Rails were also singing in the marsh. 7:30 p.m. on 29 April 2015. More information about Carden Alvar http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/articles.cardenalvar |
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