Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC710026]
by Sue Riffe from Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon, United States (call)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC651097]
by Paul Driver from Delmarva Peninsula (near Chincoteague), Accomack County, Virginia, 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.