Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. The most typical family members occupy dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers.
- Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis LC
- Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis NT
- Corn Crake, Crex crex (C) LC
- Clapper Rail, Rallus longirostris LC (California Clapper Rail R. l. obsoletus, R. l. yumanensis and R. l. levipes: E)
- King Rail, Rallus elegans LC
- Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola LC
- Sora, Porzana carolina LC
- Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops (A) LC
- Spotted Rail, Pardirallus maculatus (A) LC
- Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica LC
- Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata
- Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra (A) LC
- American Coot, Fulica americana LC (ssp. alai: E)
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