Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC311878]
by Aidan Place from Upper St. Clair Township (near Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States (call)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC660753]
by Steve Hampton from Kai Tai Lagoon, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, Washington, United States (alarm call)
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).