Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Catalan: Rascló de Ridgway
Danish: San Francisco-klapperrikse
German: Ridgwayralle
English: California Clapper Rail, Ridgway's Rail
English, HBW: Ridgway's Rail
English (IOC): Ridgway's Rail
English (United States): Ridgway's Rail
Spanish: Rascón Costero del Pacífico, Rascón de Ridgway
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Ridgway
Spanish (HBW): Ridgway's Rail
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón Costero del Pacífico
French: Râle de Californie, Râle de Ridgway
Croatian: pacifička kokošica
Italian: Rallo di Ridgway
Japanese (romaji): nishionikuina
Japanese: ニシオニクイナ
Kazakh: Риджуэй сутартары
Kirghiz: Риджуэй суутартары
Scientific: Rallus elegans obsoletus, Rallus longirostris obsoletus, Rallus obsoletus, Rallus obsoletus obsoletus
Dutch: Californische Ral
Norwegian Nynorsk: Spartinarikse
Norwegian: spartinarikse
Polish: wodnik kalifornijski
Portuguese: saracura-da-califórnia
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-da-califórnia
Russian: Калифорнийский пастушок
Slovak: chriašteľ kalifornský
Serbian: Ridžvejev petlovan
Swedish: ridgwayrall
Turkish: Ridgway sukılavuzu
Ukrainian: пастушок каліфорнійський
Chinese: 里氏秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 李積維秧雞