Birds of Cuba BETA

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Laterallus (2 species, 13 worldwide)


Yellow-breasted Crake
Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer woodi)
Medio Queso, Los Chiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Black Rail
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) Endangered
California, United States
  A song-bird sized rail almost never seen, and more active at night.
   
Photograph by Julio Mulero     Copyright and usage info

A song bird sized rail, almost never seen, and more active at dusk and at night.


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