Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC315528]
by Frank Lambert from Bent Co. Rd. HH east of Co. Rd. 13, Bent Co, Colorado, United States (call)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC228883]
by Iain from Douro-Dummer (near Harcourt), Peterborough County, Ontario, Mexico (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Bogota Rail (Rallus semiplumbeus) and Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus). Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) sometimes considered a subspecies of this species.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
limicola Vieillot, 1819 - Southern Canada and west, central and north-eastern USA. Winters from south-western Canada and eastern Great Lakes through southern USA and Mexico to Guatemala.
friedmanni Dickerman, 1966 - Volcanic belt of central-southern Mexico to extreme southern Mexico to Guatemala.
aequatorialis Sharpe, 1894 - Extreme south-western Colombia, and Andes of Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Ecuadorian Rail (Rallus aequatorialis). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Ecuadorian Rail (Rallus aequatorialis).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet