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Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Polluela Negra,
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Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Polluela Negra,
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Photo: G. Beaton
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A tiny, sparrow-sized, black bird with a red eye. Length: 12-15 cm.; weight: 35 g. This marsh bird bred in Puerto Rico in the recent past, but now only occurs as a rare winter migrant. Destruction of wetlands has eliminated much habitat for this species. TAXONOMY: GRUIFORMES; RALLIDAE References Bent, A.C. 1926. Life histories of North American marsh birds. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 135. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963). Burt, W. 1994. Shadowbirds: a quest for rails. Lyons Press, New York. del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, and J. Sargatal, eds. 1996. Handbook of Birds of the World, Vol. 3. Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Eddleman, W. R., R. E. Flores, and M. L. Legare. 1995. Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis). No. 123 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton. Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR. Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton. Taylor, B. Rails. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots of the world, Yale University and Pica Press. Next related species in taxonomic order Previous related species in taxonomic order |