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Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail

Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis] (= 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:
  E563D3449C6D80FD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E563D344

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E563D344


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: Isla Margarita (off Venezuela)
  • Rallus longirostris pelodramus: Trinidad
  • Rallus longirostris crassirostris: coastal eastern 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 southwestern Colombia to Ecuador and northwestern Peru (Tumbes)
  • Rallus crepitans crepitans: Atlantic coast (Connecticut to northeastern North Carolina)
  • Rallus crepitans waynei: coastal Atlantic salt marshes (southeastern North Carolina to eastern Florida)
  • Rallus crepitans saturatus: Gulf Coast from southwestern Alabama to Texas (USA) and Tamaulipas (northeastern Mexico)
  • Rallus crepitans scottii: coastal Florida (Pensacola to Cape Sable and Jupiter)
  • Rallus crepitans caribaeus: Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico to Antigua and northern Antilles
  • Rallus crepitans leucophaeus: Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; south of western Cuba)
  • Rallus crepitans coryi: mangrove swamps of Bahamas
  • Rallus crepitans insularum: mangrove swamps of Florida Keys
  • Rallus crepitans pallidus: mangroves of southeastern Mexico (coastal northern Yucatán Peninsula)
  • Rallus crepitans grossi: southeastern Mexico (islands on Chinchorro Bank off Quintana Roo)
  • Rallus crepitans belizensis: Belize (Ycacos Lagoon)
  • Rallus obsoletus obsoletus: northern California (Humboldt Bay to Monterey Bay)
  • Rallus obsoletus levipes: southern California (Santa Barbara) to Baja California (Scammon's Lagoon)
  • Rallus obsoletus beldingi: western Mexico (southern Baja California from Magdalena Bay to Espírito Santo Island)
  • Rallus wetmorei: coastal swamps of northwestern Venezuela (status unknown)
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English:
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail
French:
Râle tapageur ou R. de Wetmore


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris or wetmorei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris or wetmorei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

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

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Catalan: Rascló dels manglars
Czech: Chrástal dlouhozobý, chřástal dlouhozobý
Danish: Klapperrikse
German: Klapperralle
English: Clapper or Plain-flanked Rail, Clapper Rail
Spanish: Gallinuela de Mangle, Rascón Manglero, Rascón Picudo, Rascón Piquilargo
Spanish (Colombia): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Cuba): Gallinuela de Manglar
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Gallinuela de Mangle, Pollo de Manglar
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón Picudo
Spanish (Peru): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Venezuela): Polla de Mangle
Estonian: klaperruik (rand-klaperruik)
Finnish: Amerikanluhtakana, räikkäluhtakana
French: Râle gris, Râle gris ou R. de Wetmore, Râle tapageur ou R. de Wetmore
Guadeloupean Creole French: Pintade
Haitian Creole French: Rato
Hungarian: kelepelő guvat
Italian: Porciglione americano
Japanese (romaji): onikuina
Japanese: オニクイナ
Scientific: Rallus [longirostris or wetmorei], Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus or wetmorei, excl. rhizophorae, nayaritensis], Rallus longirostris, Rallus longirostris longirostris
Lithuanian: Ilgasnapė vandeninė vištelė
Dutch: Klapperral
Norwegian: Klaprerikse
Polish: wodnik dlugodzioby, wodnik długodzioby
Portuguese: saracura-gritadeira, saracura-matraca, saracura-sanã-dos-mangues
Portuguese (Brazil): saracura-gritadeira, saracura-matraca, saracura-sanã-dos-mangues
Russian: Длинноклювый пастушок, пастушок-трескун
Slovak: chriaštel dlhozobý
Swedish: Kustrall
Ukrainian: Пастушок-тріскунець
Chinese: 长嘴秧鸡
Chinese (Traditional): 長嘴秧雞

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