Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Least Concern

The Black Rail is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Black Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in North American wetlands and nearby tropical lowlands

Population

≈ Unknown

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