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Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis Scientific name definitions

Lionel Leston and Theodore A. Bookhout
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 2, 2015

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Figure 1.  Distribution of the Yellow Rail in North and Middle America. - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Yellow Rail in North and Middle America.

Very local breeder throughout range. Casual to other U.S. states.

Recommended Citation

Leston, L. and T. A. Bookhout (2020). Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.yelrai.01
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