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Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
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About the Black Rail
The black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is a mouse-sized member of the rail family Rallidae that occurs in both North and South America. It is the smallest rail present in North America and is known for its secretive nature.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Laterallus jamaicensis
- Family
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Order
- Gruiformes
Similar species
Other members of the rails, gallinules, and coots family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
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