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6 3 Rascón (Water rail)

Rascón (Water rail)

by kozogaAmposta, Catalunya, Spain

Delta del Ebro

1 4 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by annorionGrand Isle, Louisiana, USA

5 1 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by annorionLouisiana, USA

3 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Becky GarboBoston, Massachusetts, USA

New England Aquarium

0 0 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by DonnaPomeroyGalveston, Texas, USA

1 1 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by empidonaxSayreville, New Jersey, USA

1 2 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by OkieHerperLouisiana, USA

10 7 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by claunchieOakland, California, USA

1 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by ElizMcPCalifornia, USA

Adult with chicks- Sierra Valley, CA

0 0 Water Rail; Rascón

Water Rail; Rascón

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesSagunto/Sagunt, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Coastal marshes

3 1 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by AustinH.Colorado, USA

Fort Collins, Colorado

1 2 Virginia Rail (chicks and adult)

Virginia Rail (chicks and adult)

by MitchRayGrand Isle, Louisiana

Gray cheeks and relatively small size make me think Virginia Rail over Clapper ...

6 5 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Tom15Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Virginia Rails live in marshes and rarely come out of the reeds and into the ...

1 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Wood Lake NaturalistRichfield, Minnesota, USA

Photo by park visitor, Keith Olstad, shared with permission.

0 0 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by AshleyTTexas, USA

Brown-gray body with a long, thick bill.

0 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by chesterbperryTennessee, USA

Managed to flush one while walking through the marsh, but these tracks were all ...

2 0 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by MachiFlorida, USA

It kept puffing up as shown in the first photo. Seen near sunset at low tide.

2 0 Clapper rail

Clapper rail

by suzybousaNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Sometimes referred to as a marsh hen.

1 2 Light Footed Clapper Rail

Light Footed Clapper Rail

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

Ran away very fast when it saw us.

0 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Thurd13Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted in a marsh area near a lake

0 1 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by sreischel61Illinois, USA

This bird was captured at a banding station near Rockton, Illinois and released ...

2 4 Ridgeways Rail

Ridgeways Rail

by Hema ShahCalifornia, USA

Ridgway's rail (Rallus obsoletus) is an ...

0 4 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Kymberlee RickeChicago, Illinois, USA

A very uncommon sighting in the middle of such a big city!

2 0 Water Rail

Water Rail

by Malcolm Wilton-JonesRequena, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Normally very difficult to see, this one made a quick dash across a gap to the ...

0 1 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

Georgia, USA

Grayish brown and rufous . Has long bill.

8 4 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by ChristinaAnneMMontréal, Québec, Canada

The Virginia Rail is a small waterbird, of the family Rallidae.

0 2 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Elton_WizardPennsylvania, USA

Found dead. The only one of its type I have ever seen in this area.

1 0 Clapper Rail Chick

Clapper Rail Chick

by Rosa MariaFlorida, USA

Heck yeah Clapper Rail chicks and parent.

3 2 Virginia rail

Virginia rail

by Desmond.E.S.OHuntington Beach, California, USA

small waterbird, who are brown, darker back and head, with orange legs.

2 7 Clapper rail

Clapper rail

by Desmond.E.S.O

Brown rail with orange/brown bill.

6 0 Light-footed Clapper Rail

Light-footed Clapper Rail

by James McNairFlorida, USA

Lifer for me medium brown rail with dark wing stripes and light feathering ...

1 3 Ridgway's Rail

Ridgway's Rail

by JellisOakland, California, USA

Image on #1 & #2 were taken in +7 high tide on Jan 11 which flushed out some ...

0 0 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by LauraLOVESbirdsPoquoson City, Virginia, USA

This species is typically secretive; so it was a welcome surprise to enjoy an ...

0 0 Virginia rail

Virginia rail

by Greg ShchepanekSouth Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

Chickenlike marsh bird with a long, heavy bill and a short, upturned tail.

1 0 Virginia Rail Chick

Virginia Rail Chick

by ChristinaAnneMMontréal, Québec, Canada

"The Virginia Rail, Rallus limicola, is a ...

0 0 African Rail

African Rail

by Jared HerschGeorge Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

-and-white barring on the flanks and undertail. This is the only

3 0 Light-footed clapper rail

Light-footed clapper rail

by EmilieWatchesTreesHuntington Beach, California, USA

"The light-footed clapper rail (Rallus ...

4 1 Ridgway's Rail

Ridgway's Rail

by Caleb StrandTolleson, Arizona, USA

Well I thought I might as well start mixing things up now. While birding around ...

1 0 Clapper Rail

Clapper Rail

by East End aka LoreleiSouthampton, New York, USA

Medium-sized, chicken-like marsh bird. Gray or reddish compact body with short ...

4 0 Virginia Rail

Virginia Rail

by Tom15Concord, Massachusetts, USA

With all the recent rain Great Meadows NWR was flooded and that brought the ...

0 0 King Rail

King Rail

by AshleyTTexas, USA

Pale brown belly with a darker brown back. There are white stripes on the face, ...

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