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Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail

Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus] (= Rallus longirostris) Boddaert, P 1783

The mangrove rail is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Central and South America. It was formerly considered conspecific with the clapper rail. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Gruiformes
Family:
  Rallidae
Genus:
   Rallus
Scientific:
  Rallus longirostris


Original description

Citation:
  Boddaert, P 1783

Reference:
   Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton

Protonym:
  Rallus longirostris

Type locality:
  Cayenne, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum. 849.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/74/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E23A0BC3CC42EA08

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E23A0BC3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E23A0BC3


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176209

Geographic range:

  • Rallus longirostris longirostris: Coasts of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
  • Rallus longirostris phelpsi: coasts of northern Colombia (Guajira) and northern Venezuela (east to eastern Miranda)
  • Rallus longirostris dillonripleyi: coast of northeastern Venezuela (Sucre)
  • Rallus longirostris margaritae: Margarita I. (Venezuela)
  • Rallus longirostris pelodramus: Trinidad
  • Rallus longirostris crassirostris: Coastal e Brazil (Amazon estuary to Santa Catarina)
  • Rallus longirostris berryorum: Pacific coast of eastern El Salvador, Honduras, and northern Nicaragua; population in northwestern Costa Rica presumably also refers to this subspecies
  • Rallus longirostris cypereti: Coastal sw Colombia to Ecuador and nw Peru (Tumbes)
  • Rallus crepitans crepitans: Atlantic coast (Connecticut to ne North Carolina)
  • Rallus crepitans waynei: Coastal Atlantic salt marshes (se North Carolina to e Florida)
  • Rallus crepitans saturatus: Gulf Coast (sw Alabama to Texas and Tamaulipas)
  • Rallus crepitans scottii: Coastal Florida (Pensacola to Cape Sable and Jupiter)
  • Rallus crepitans caribaeus: Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico to Antigua and n Antilles
  • Rallus crepitans leucophaeus: Isle of Pines
  • Rallus crepitans coryi: Mangrove swamps of Bahamas
  • Rallus crepitans insularum: Mangrove swamps of Florida Keys
  • Rallus crepitans pallidus: Mangroves of se Mexico (coastal n Yucatán Peninsula)
  • Rallus crepitans grossi: SE Mexico (islands on Chinchorro Bank off Quintana Roo)
  • Rallus crepitans belizensis: Belize (Ycacos Lagoon)
  • Rallus obsoletus obsoletus: N California (Humboldt Bay to Monterey Bay)
  • Rallus obsoletus levipes: S Calif. (Santa Barbara) to Baja Calif. (Scammon's Lagoon)
  • Rallus obsoletus [yumanensis, rhizophorae or nayaritensis]: Salton Sea and Colorado River basin to w Mexico (Nayarit)
  • Rallus obsoletus beldingi: W Mexico (s Baja from Magdalena Bay to Espírito Santo I.)
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English:
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail
German:
Ridgway-/Mangroveralle
Spanish:
Rascón de Ridgway/de Manglar/Crepitante
Spanish (Spain):
Rascón de Ridgway/de manglar/crepitante
French:
Râle gris, R. tapageur, ou R. de Californie
Japanese (romaji):
nishionikuina/onikuina/higashionikuina/higashionikuina
Japanese:
ニシオニクイナ/オニクイナ/ヒガシオニクイナ
Dutch:
Californische Ral/Grijze Ral/Klapperral
Norwegian:
spartinarikse/marskrikse/klaprerikse
Polish:
wodnik kalifornijski/długodzioby/karoliński
Portuguese (Portugal):
frango-d'água-da-califórnia/frango-d'água-dos-mangais/frango-d'água-crepitante
Russian:
Калифорнийский/Длинноклювый пастушок
Slovak:
chriašteľ kalifornský/dlhozobý/atlantický
Serbian:
Ridžvejev/mangrovski/klepetavi petlovan
Swedish:
ridgwayrall/mangroverall/kustrall


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Caribbean Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus])
Clements 1st edition:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2015:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2016:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2017:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2018:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2019:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2021:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2022:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
eBird version 2023:
Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail ( Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rallus longirostris [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Rallus longirostris [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris]

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Other synonyms

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Arawak: Sansaparo
Catalan: Rascló dels manglars
Carib: Sansaparu
Czech: chřástal dlouhozobý
Danish: Klapperrikse
German: Klapperralle, Ridgway-/Mangroveralle
English: Caribbean Clapper Rail, Clapper Rail, Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail
English, HBW: Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail
English (IOC): Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail
English (United States): Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail
Esperanto: Longbeka ralo
Spanish: Rascón de Ridgway/de Manglar/Crepitante, Rascón del Oeste/de Manglar/del Golfo, Rascón Piquilargo
Spanish (Colombia): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Cuba): Gallinuela de Manglar
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Pollo de Manglar
Spanish (Spain): Rascón de Ridgway/de Manglar/Crepitante
Spanish (HBW): Ridgway's/Mangrove/Clapper Rail
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón Costero del Pacífico/de Manglar/Costero del Atlántico, Rascón del Oeste/de Manglar/del Golfo, Rascón picudo
Spanish (Peru): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Venezuela): Polla de Mangle
Estonian: klaperruik (rand-klaperruik)
Finnish: räikkäluhtakana
French: Râle de Californie, R. gris ou R. tapageur, Râle gris, Râle gris, R. tapageur, ou R. de Californie, Râle gris, R. tapageur, ou R. de Ridgway
Guadeloupean Creole French: Pintade
Haitian Creole French: Rato
Hungarian: kelepelő guvat
Italian: Porciglione americano
Japanese (romaji): nishionikuina/onikuina/higashionikuina, nishionikuina/onikuina/higashionikuina/higashionikuina
Japanese: ニシオニクイナ/オニクイナ/ヒガシオニクイナ, ニシオニクイナ/オニクイナ/ヒガシオニクイナ/ヒガシオニクイナ
Scientific: Rallus [longirostris, crepitans or obsoletus], Rallus longirostris, Rallus longirostris longirostris, Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans
Lithuanian: Ilgasnapė vandeninė vištelė
Dutch: Californische Ral/Grijze Ral/Klapperral, Grijze Ral, Klapperral
Norwegian: Klaprerikse, spartinarikse/marskrikse/klaprerikse
Polish: wodnik dlugodzioby, wodnik kalifornijski/długodzioby/karoliński
Portuguese: Saracura-matraca
Portuguese (Brazil): Saracura-matraca
Portuguese (Portugal): frango-d'água-da-califórnia/frango-d'água-dos-mangais/frango-d'água-crepitante
Russian: Калифорнийский/Длинноклювый пастушок, Пастушок-трескун
Slovak: chriaštel dlhozobý, chriašteľ kalifornský/dlhozobý/atlantický
Serbian: Ridžvejev/mangrovski/klepetavi petlovan
Sranan: Anamu, Kepanki
Swedish: Kustrall, ridgwayrall/mangroverall/kustrall
Turkish: Rallus obsoletus/longirostris/crepitans
Ukrainian: Пастушок-тріскунець
Chinese: 长嘴秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 長嘴秧雞

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