Yellow Rail
Photo: Dominic Sherony · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Yellow Rail

Coturnicops noveboracensis

LCLeast Concern
Family
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots (Rallidae)
Order
Gruiformes

Overview

The yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a small secretive marsh bird of the family Rallidae that is found in North America.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.