Recently split from the Clapper
               Rail...rarely flies.
          
         
            
               Tijuana Estuary
            
               04Jan2018
          
         
            
               Population levels are
               precariously low due to
               destruction of its coastal and
               estuarine marshland habitat.
          
         
            
               Rallus obsoletus
            
               (L 15" WS 20" Wt 13 oz)
          
         
            
               IUCN Watch List
               Status is Near
            
               Threatened
          
         
            
               Rallus in Med L means rail;
               obsoletus in Latin means
               ordinary, plain.
          
         
            
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