Rails, Crakes & Coots

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

The Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a 61 g wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It migrates.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

61 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in United States, Canada, Mexico.

Where to see it: RNF du Cap-Tourmente (Canada); Point Pelee National Park (general location) (Canada); Tommy Thompson Park (Canada); Magee Marsh · Boardwalk (United States); Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Lincoln Park, Chicago (United States).

Photo: (c) Steven Lamonde, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist