Species factsheet

Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris)

Order: Rallus longirostris
Family: Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae)

Danish name: Klapperrikse

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

obsoletus

wc California (USA)

levipes

sw California (USA) to n Baja California (Mexico)

yumanensis

se California and s Arizona (USA), nw Mexico

beldingi

s Baja California (Mexico)

crepitans

coastal Connecticut to ne North Carolina (USA)

saturatus

coastal se North Carolina to e Florida (USA)

scottii

coastal Florida (USA)

insularum

Florida Keys (USA)

coryi

Bahama Is.

leucophaeus

Isle of Pines (Cuba)

caribaeus

Cuba to Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles to Antigua and Guadeloupe

pallidus

n Yucatán Pen. (Mexico)

grossi

islands off Quintana Roo (se Mexico)

belizensis

Ycacos Lagoon (Belize)

phelpsi

ne Colombia, nw Venezuela

margaritae

Margarita I. (Venezuela)

pelodramus

coastal se USA

waynei

Trinidad

longirostris

coast of the Guianas

crassirostris

coast of Brazil

cypereti

coastal sw Colombia to nw Peru

Photos

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