Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Rails, Gallinules and Coots :: Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): Lesser Rail, Ecuadorian Rail
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

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Range

Four widely separated populations;
(1) S. Canada (s. British Columbia, nw. Alberta, c. Saskatchewan, s. Manitoba, s. Ontario to Nova Scotia and sw. Newfoundland), the United States (c. Minnesota s. to s. Arizona, s. New Mexico, wc. Texas, w. Oklahoma, n. Alabama, n. Georgia and coastal North Carolina), and nw. Mexico (nw. Baja).
Winters from sw. Canada and the e. Great Lakes through s. United States s. to Mexico s. to Jalisco and Veracruz, and Guatemala. A few birds winter in Bermuda.
(2) Sc. Mexico in the volcano belt (Puebla, Tlaxcala, Mexico, c. Veracruz, Chiapas). Ex. s. Mexico (c. Chiapas) to Guatemala.
(3) Ex. sw. Colombia along both slopes of Narino sw. from Tuquerres and Sibundoy and the Andes of n. Ecuador from Carchi sw. to Loja (San Lucas).
(4) Coastal w. Peru from La Libertad (Trujillo) s. to Arequipas, Pisco and Lima. A single specimen from Imbabura Province, n. Ecuador.
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North America n. of the Mexican border;
Summer: s. BCO, WAS, ORG, CAL, IDH, NEV, w. and n. ARZ, s. and ne. MON, WYO, COL, n. and c. NMX, ec. ALB, s. SAS, s. MAN, c. NDK, SDK, NEB, w. KAN, ex. w. OKA panhandle, ex. N. TEX, sw. ONT, MIN, n. IWA, isolated population in ec. MOU, then e. WIS, ne. ILL, MIC, se. ONT, n. IND, n. OHO, s. QUE, NBR, PEI, NSC, MAE, NHP, VMT, MAS, RID, CON, NYK, PEN, NJY, DEL, e. MYD, e. VIR, and e. NCA;
Winter: ex. Sw. BCO (Vancouver Is.), w. WAS, w. ORG, w. and s. CAL, s. NEV, s. ARZ, locally in sw. MON, s. IDH, n. and sw. UTH, COL, s. NMX, sw. SDK then e. from e. TEX, se. OKA, s. ARK, LOU, s. MIS, s. ALA, s. GEO, FLA, e. SCA, e. NCA, e. VIR, e. MYD, DEL, se. PEN, NJY, and ex. se. NYK (Long Island).

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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