Birds of Mexico

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Rallus (5 species, 14 worldwide)


Clapper Rail
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.


King Rail
King Rail (Rallus elegans elegans) Near Threatened
Lagow Ranch , Chambers County, Texas, United States  
   
Photograph by Alan Schmierer   Image has been placed in the Public Domain.


Virginia Rail
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola limicola)
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Ridgway's Rail
Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) Near Threatened
San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Aztec Rail
Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Mexico  
   
Photograph by Jose Antonio Robles   © All Rights Reserved.

Sometimes called Mexican Rail; found only in central Mexican highland marshes, and split from the King Rail.


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