Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC228883]
by Iain from Douro-Dummer (near Harcourt), Peterborough County, Ontario, Mexico (song)

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) [XC585525]
by Thomas G. Graves from Oso Flaco Lake, Nipomo, California, United States (song)

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).

References
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Files:

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