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[[Image:Black_Rail.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by Peter Bono. <br />Photographed just before midnight on June 14, 1975, at Elliott Island Marsh, Maryland, USA. "I saw this rail unrestrained in the wild before it was captured and examined by a researcher".]] | [[Image:Black_Rail.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by Peter Bono. <br />Photographed just before midnight on June 14, 1975, at Elliott Island Marsh, Maryland, USA. "I saw this rail unrestrained in the wild before it was captured and examined by a researcher".]] | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 26 February 2008
- Laterallus jamaicensis
Identification
Distribution & Taxonomy
Black Rail has four subspecies distributed from the USA to Chile; there are gaps in the range. One additional form was split from this species and called Junin Rail after being described as species in 1983, however, not all authorities have accepted this split.