Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola - Râle de Virginie

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Gruiformes

  • Family
    :

    Rallidés

  • Genus
    :

    Rallus

  • Species
    :

    limicola

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1819

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 25 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 32 à 38 cm.
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Râle de Virginie
adult plum. breeding
Râle de Virginie
adult

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Rallus limicola limicola (s Canada, USA)
  • Rallus limicola friedmanni (sc and se Mexico)

Foreign names

  • Râle de Virginie,
  • Rascón de Virginia,
  • saracura-de-peito-laranja,
  • Virginiaralle,
  • virginiai guvat,
  • Virginiaral,
  • Rallo della Virginia,
  • virginiarall,
  • Grynterikse,
  • chriašteľ hnedý,
  • chřástal virginský,
  • Mudderrikse,
  • amerikanluhtakana,
  • rascló de Virgínia,
  • wodnik błotny,
  • Virdžīnijas dumbracālis,
  • Центральноамериканский пастушок,
  • コオニクイナ,
  • 弗吉尼亚秧鸡,
  • virginiarall,
  • 維吉尼亞秧雞,

Voice song and cries

Râle de Virginie
juvenile

Habitat

Râle de Virginie
adult

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Râle de Virginie
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