Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC138318]
by Robert H. Doster from Invermay No. 305 (near Invermay), Division No. 9, Saskatchewan, Canada (clicking)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC469203]
by Thomas Magarian from Dover, Kent County, Delaware, United States (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Swinhoe's Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus), with which sometimes regarded as conspecific.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789) - South-central and south-eastern Canada to north-central and north-eastern USA, with isolated population in north-western USA. Winters in southern and south-eastern USA.
goldmani (Nelson, 1904) - Marshes of R Lerma, central Mexico.