Birds of the World

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


Ecuadorian Rail
Ecuadorian Rail (Rallus aequatorialis aequatorialis)
Range: SA: sw Colombia to sw Peru
Laguna de Yahuarcocha, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Formerly considered a race of the Virginia Rail.

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Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) Vulnerable
Range: SA: s Chile and s Argentina
   



Water Rail
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus aquaticus)
Range: PAL: w Europe to c Asia
Loch of Kinnordy, Angus, Scotland  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


African Rail
African Rail (Rallus caerulescens)
Range: AF: e, sc, se, s
Marievale Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Derek Keats     Copyright and usage info


Clapper Rail
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
Range: NA, MA: e coast of USA to Caribbean and coastal Belize:
Florida, United States  
   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.


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


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Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus)
Range: PAL: e Siberia to Japan
 



Virginia Rail
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola limicola)
Range: NA: widespread
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Mangrove Rail
Mangrove Rail (Rallus longirostris crassirostris)
Range: MA, SA: coasts of w MA and n SA s to nw Peru:
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Formerly considered a race of the Clapper Rail. As seen from the latin name, note longer bill.

Madagascar Rail
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF: e Madagascar
Ranomafana, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Ridgway's Rail
Ridgway's Rail (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis) Near Threatened
Range: NA, MA: sw USA to Baja California:
San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Bogota Rail
Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus semiplumbeus) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Colombia
Sumapaz National Park, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Looks a bit like the European Water Rail. Found only in the Bogota plateau up to the paramo, and endangered because of too many people.

Aztec Rail
Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) Near Threatened
Range: MA: c Mexico:
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.

Plain-flanked Rail
Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei) Endangered
Range: SA: Venezuela
Tucacas, Falcón , Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.



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