Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC572268]
by Ron Overholtz from State Line, California side, Goose lake, Modoc Co., United States (call)
Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) [XC140287]
by Phil Ranson from Invermay No. 305 (near Invermay), Division No. 9, Saskatchewan, Canada (sound)
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.