Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult. Photo: Mark Eden/Great Backyard Bird Count

American Coot

Fulica americana

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

An adult Black Rail captured to be banded, and then released. Read the story here. Photo: William Widmer

Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult. Photo: Bill Dix/Audubon Photography Awards

Priority Bird

Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Breeding adult. Photo: Rosemary Gillan/Audubon Photography Awards

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Photo: Gaurika Wijeratne/Flickr (BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Gray-headed Swamphen

Porphyrio poliocephalus

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult. Photo: Robert Gundy/Audubon Photography Awards

King Rail

Rallus elegans

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Molting immature. Photo: Hrishikesh Nulkar/Audubon Photography Awards

Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult Ridgway's Rail. Photo: Becky Matsubara/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Ridgway's Rail

Rallus obsoletus

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Breeding adult. Photo: D Lester/Wikimedia

Sora

Porzana carolina

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult. Photo: Andy Reago and Chrissy McClarren/Flickr (CC-BY-2.0)

Virginia Rail

Rallus limicola

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

Adult Yellow Rail. Photo: Dan Mooney/Flickr (CC BY NC 2.0)

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

Rails, Gallinules, Coots

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