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Black Rail Adult
Adult

Tiny, short-tailed rail. Head is gray with a red eye and black bill. Upper back is rusty and the rest of the back has white speckling. Very secretive.

© Héctor Bottai / Macaulay LibraryMaranhão, November 05, 2020
Black Rail Adult (Northern)
Adult (Northern)

© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryNew Jersey
Adult

Tiny and very secretive—most often detected by voice, a squeaky kee-kee-krrr.

© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryJune 01, 2002Not all videos have sound
Black Rail Adult (Southern South America)
Adult (Southern South America)

© Jaime Mancilla / Macaulay LibraryRegión Metropolitana de Santiago, June 09, 2019
Black Rail Adult (Junin)
Adult (Junin)

Tiny, very difficult to see rail. Occurs in tidal marshes and freshwater wetlands in North and South America. Subspecies in Junin, Peru is heavily barred above.

© Ben Sanders / Macaulay LibraryJunín, May 17, 2019
Black Rail Adult (Northern)
Adult (Northern)

© Sarah Dzielski / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia
Black Rail Adult (Northern)
Adult (Northern)

Tiny rail that appears all dark in flight.

© Jesse Huth / Macaulay LibraryTexas
Black Rail Adult (Southern South America)
Adult (Southern South America)

Tiny rail of freshwater marshes and tidal wetlands in North and South America.

© Alexander Lees / Macaulay LibraryPará, February 23, 2013

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Rails, Gallinules, and Coots(Order: Gruiformes, Family: Rallidae)

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