Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani

known only from marshes near Río Lerma (central Mexico); extinct (last reported in the early 1960s)
Coturnicops noveboracensis noveboracensis

breeds locally in marshes of central and eastern Canada and northern USA, and very locally southeastern Oregon and northern California; winters to southeastern USA

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.