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The clapper rail is found along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern U.S., the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Mexico, some Caribbean islands, and south through eastern Central America, as well at several inland locales. Populations are stable on the East Coast of the U.S., although the numbers of this bird have declined due to habitat loss.
Loss of habitat. In 1989, there was a big trapping of hundreds of foxes at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. The red foxes were killed because they put a significant threat to two endangered species of birds, light-footed clapper rail and the California least tern. Even though an animal rights group had requested an injunction to prohibit ...
The Michael Hardenberger Trail is located at Unit 1 off Vendel Road, which is at the south end of the Salton Sea. The ½-mile trail encircles one of the freshwater ponds, a favorite nesting spot for the endangered Yuma clapper rail. [1]
Millions of shorebirds and waterfowl stop to refuel here during the spring and fall migration. It also provides critical habitat to resident species like the endangered California clapper rail and salt marsh harvest mouse. Hundreds of thousands of people visit its diverse wildlife and habitats each year.
Bair Island is an important ecological wetland, [4] which provides critical habitat for a variety of species, including the endangered California clapper rail and the Salt marsh harvest mouse, and is an important stop for birds on the Pacific Flyway. [5] Bair Island is bisected by Corkscrew Slough, [6] a major haul-out site for harbor seals ...
Salt-marsh and shorebirds that inhabit the region [3] include as the saltmarsh sparrow, also called the saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus), [3] [5] [6] as well as the seaside sparrow (A. maritimus), willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus), clapper rail (Rallus longirostris), greater yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), lesser ...
The mangrove rail was formerly considered to be conspecific with what are now the Aztec rail (R. tenuirostris), Ridgway's rail (R. obsoletus), the king rail (R. elegans), and the clapper rail (R. crepitans), and more recently as conspecific with Ridgeway's and king rails. Worldwide taxonomic systems now agree that each of the five is a separate ...
The reserve encompasses 965 acres of varied habitat and is bordered by the Currituck Sound. ... King Rail: Clapper Rail: Virginia Rail: American Coot: Black-bellied ...