Yellow rail

Yellow rail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Coturnicops
Species:
C. noveboracensis
Binomial name
Coturnicops noveboracensis
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Subspecies
  • C. n. noveboracensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
  • C. n. goldmani (Nelson, 1904)
  Breeding
  Migration
  Nonbreeding

The yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a small secretive marsh bird of the family Rallidae that is found in North America.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Coturnicops noveboracensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692275A93345717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692275A93345717.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.