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| − | [[Image:Black_Rail.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter Bono}}<br />Elliott Island Marsh, [[Maryland]], [[USA]]]] | + | [[Image:Black_Rail.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|pbono|Peter Bono}}<br />Elliott Island Marsh, [[Maryland]], [[USA]], June 1975]] |
;[[:Category:Laterallus|Laterallus]] jamaicensis | ;[[:Category:Laterallus|Laterallus]] jamaicensis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 10cm | + | 10cm<br /> |
| − | + | *Black head and breast | |
| + | *Rusty nape | ||
| + | *Dark back and wing coverts with small white spots | ||
| + | *Dark flanks barred black and white | ||
| + | *Short dark bill<br /> | ||
| + | Sexes similar | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Poorly known, perhaps more numerous than they seem. Currently thought to be very local from [[U.S.]] to central [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]]. | Poorly known, perhaps more numerous than they seem. Currently thought to be very local from [[U.S.]] to central [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]]. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
The [[Junin Rail]] is sometimes lumped within ''L. jamaicensis''. | The [[Junin Rail]] is sometimes lumped within ''L. jamaicensis''. | ||
| − | ====Subspecies==== | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
Ranges are disjunct. | Ranges are disjunct. | ||
| − | *''L. j. coturniculus'' - Coastal central [[California]] south to | + | *''L. j. coturniculus'' - Coastal central [[California]] south to northern [[Baja California]] |
| − | *''L. j. jamaicensis'' - | + | *''L. j. jamaicensis'' - Eastern [[US]] to [[Belize]] and [[Cuba]]; winters to [[Central America]] and [[West Indies]] |
*''L. j. murivagans'' - Arid littoral of [[Peru]] | *''L. j. murivagans'' - Arid littoral of [[Peru]] | ||
*''L. j. salinasi'' - Central [[Chile]] (Atacama to Malleco) and extreme west [[Argentina]] | *''L. j. salinasi'' - Central [[Chile]] (Atacama to Malleco) and extreme west [[Argentina]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Coastal salt marshes and some freshwater marshes. | Coastal salt marshes and some freshwater marshes. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes small invertebrates and seeds of some marsh plants. | The diet includes small invertebrates and seeds of some marsh plants. | ||
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====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
Nests are hidden in clumps of vegetation on marshes and grassland, slightly elevated from the ground. Both sexes appear to incubate the eggs. | Nests are hidden in clumps of vegetation on marshes and grassland, slightly elevated from the ground. Both sexes appear to incubate the eggs. | ||
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Laterallus+jamaicensis}} | {{GSearch|Laterallus+jamaicensis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Laterallus]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Laterallus]] | ||
Revision as of 18:46, 21 November 2009
- Laterallus jamaicensis
Identification
10cm
- Black head and breast
- Rusty nape
- Dark back and wing coverts with small white spots
- Dark flanks barred black and white
- Short dark bill
Sexes similar
Distribution
Poorly known, perhaps more numerous than they seem. Currently thought to be very local from U.S. to central Argentina and Chile.
Taxonomy
The Junin Rail is sometimes lumped within L. jamaicensis.
Subspecies[1]
Ranges are disjunct.
- L. j. coturniculus - Coastal central California south to northern Baja California
- L. j. jamaicensis - Eastern US to Belize and Cuba; winters to Central America and West Indies
- L. j. murivagans - Arid littoral of Peru
- L. j. salinasi - Central Chile (Atacama to Malleco) and extreme west Argentina
Habitat
Coastal salt marshes and some freshwater marshes.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes small invertebrates and seeds of some marsh plants.
Breeding
Nests are hidden in clumps of vegetation on marshes and grassland, slightly elevated from the ground. Both sexes appear to incubate the eggs.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black_Rail
