Black Rail
Photo by: Peter Lattourette
Order: Gruiformes
Genus: Laterallus
Species: jamaicensis
Size (cm): 10-15
Mass (g): 29-35
Canadian Status: not listed
Bird of National Conservation Concern
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Species size information from:
Eddleman, W.R., R.E. Flores, and M.L. Legare. 1994. Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis). In The Birds of North America , No.123 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia : The Academy of Natural Sciences ; Washington , D.C.P: The American Ornithologists’ Union .
Eddleman, W.R., R.E. Flores, and M.L. Legare. 1994. Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis). In The Birds of North America , No.123 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia : The Academy of Natural Sciences ; Washington , D.C.P: The American Ornithologists’ Union .