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Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail

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




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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:
  FBB67E1AA81DB862

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FBB67E1A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FBB67E1A


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 [yumanensis, rhizophorae or nayaritensis]: Salton Sea and Colorado River basin to western Mexico (Nayarit)
  • Rallus obsoletus beldingi: western Mexico (southern Baja California from Magdalena Bay to Espírito Santo Island)
  • Rallus elegans elegans: eastern Canada and northeastern USA; winters to eastern Mexico
  • Rallus elegans ramsdeni: Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; south of western Cuba)
  • Rallus tenuirostris: central Mexico
  • Show more...
English:
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail
French:
Râle gris, R. tapageur, R. de Californie, R, élégant ou R. du Mexique


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Clapper or King Rail ( Rallus [longirostris or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Clapper or King Rail ( Rallus [longirostris or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail ( Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris])
eBird version 1.50:
Clapper/King Rail ( Rallus longirostris/elegans)
eBird version 1.52:
Clapper/King Rail ( Rallus longirostris/elegans)
eBird version 1.53:
Clapper/King Rail ( Rallus longirostris/elegans)
eBird version 1.54:
Clapper/King Rail ( Rallus longirostris/elegans)
eBird version 1.55:
King/Clapper Rail ( Rallus elegans/crepitans)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Clapper Rail ( Rallus longirostris) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: Rascló dels manglars
Czech: chřástal dlouhozobý
Danish: Klapperrikse
German: Klapperralle
English: Clapper or King Rail, Clapper Rail, Clapper/King Rail, King/Clapper Rail, Mangrove, Clapper or Ridgway's Rail, King or Mexican Rail
Esperanto: Longbeka ralo
Spanish: Rascón de manglar
Spanish (Colombia): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Cuba): Gallinuela de Manglar
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Pollo de Manglar
Spanish (Mexico): Rascón picudo
Spanish (Peru): Rascón Manglero
Spanish (Venezuela): Polla de Mangle
Estonian: klaperruik (rand-klaperruik)
Finnish: räikkäluhtakana
French: Râle des mangroves, R. gris, R. de Ridgway, R, élégant ou R. du Mexique, Râle gris ou R. élégant, Râle gris, R. tapageur, R. de Californie, R, élégant ou R. du Mexique, Râle gris, R. tapageur, R. de Ridgway, R, élégant ou R. du Mexique
Guadeloupean Creole French: Pintade
Haitian Creole French: Rato
Hungarian: kelepelő guvat
Italian: Rallo beccolungo
Japanese (romaji): onikuina
Japanese: オニクイナ
Scientific: Rallus [longirostris or elegans], Rallus [longirostris, crepitans, obsoletus, elegans or tenuirostris], Rallus elegans/crepitans, Rallus longirostris, Rallus longirostris longirostris, Rallus longirostris/elegans
Lithuanian: Ilgasnapė vandeninė vištelė
Dutch: Grijze Ral
Norwegian: Klaprerikse
Polish: wodnik dlugodzioby
Portuguese: saracura-sanã-dos-mangues
Portuguese (Brazil): Saracura-matraca
Russian: 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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