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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