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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallus |
| Species: | R. crepitans
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| Binomial name | |
| Rallus crepitans JF Gmelin, 1789
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Year-round Breeding
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The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. The taxonomy for this species is confusing and still being determined. It is a large brown rail that is resident in wetlands along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands. This species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the mangrove rail.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Rallus crepitans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62155296A132306811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T62155296A132306811.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.