Black Rail © sdakotabirds.com

Vagrant to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda (P).

Unknown to Colombia (B).

Distinctive subspecies tuerosi sometimes treated as separate species.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• coturniculus (Ridgway, 1874)   -  California and Baja California.
• jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789)   -  Eastern USA and eastern Central America. Winters from southern USA to Guatemala and Greater Antilles.
• murivagans (Riley, 1916)   -  Coastal Peru.
• tuerosi Fjeldså, 1983   -  L Junín, Peru. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Junin Rail (Laterallus tuerosi).
• salinasi (Philippi, 1857)   -  Central Chile and extreme western Argentina.

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