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Clapper Rail
Rallus crepitans
Audubon Illustration
John James Audubon, Birds of America (1827-1838). Public domain.
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About the Clapper Rail
The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. The taxonomy for this species is confusing and still being determined. It is a large brown rail that is resident in wetlands along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands. This species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the mangrove rail.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Rallus crepitans
- 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
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- 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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