Rallidae 

Yellow Rail

July 15, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, small, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Coturnicops noveboracensis L 7 1/4″(18 cm). Song or calls: “Tick-tick” notes in series of two or

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Gruidae 

Whooping Crane

July 15, 2010August 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, Central Mixed Grass, large, red to orange, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, Wetland, white to buff

photo by NEBRASKAland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Grus americana L 52″(132 cm) W 87″(221 cm) Song or calls: Shrill

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Rallidae 

Virginia Rail

July 13, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, gray, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Rallus limicola L 9 1/2″(24 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

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Rallidae 

Sora

July 12, 2010July 23, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, gray, Sandhills region, small, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Porzana carolina L 8 3/4″(22 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

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Gruidae 

Sandhill Crane

July 9, 2010July 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, gray, large, red to orange, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie

Grus canadensis L 41″(104 cm) W 73″(185 cm). Song or calls: Loud rattling “gar-oo-oo.”  Description: Sexes similar. Over 36″(90 cm)

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Rallidae 

Purple Gallinule

July 7, 2010July 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu blue to aqua, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, green to olive, medium, red to orange, Rivers or Lakes, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Porphyrula martinica L 13″(33 cm). Song or calls: Noisy “kek, kek, kek” cackle in flight. Description:

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Rallidae 

King Rail

June 29, 2010July 27, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Rallus elegans L 15″(38 cm). Song or calls: Series of fewer than ten “kek-kek-kek” notes. Notes

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Rallidae 

Common Moorhen

June 24, 2010July 28, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, red to orange, Rivers or Lakes, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Gallinula chloropus L 14″(36 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not support

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Gruidae 

Common Crane

June 24, 2010July 28, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu

Grus grus L 44″(112 cm) W 75″(191 cm). Song or calls: No information. Description: Sexes similar. Ash-gray body. Black head

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Rallidae 

Clapper Rail

June 23, 2010July 28, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, medium, Sandhills region, Wetland

photo by Phil Swanson Rallus longirostris L 14 1/2″(37 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not

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Rallidae 

Black Rail

June 7, 2010August 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, brown to tan, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, Sandhills region, small, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

Laterallus jamaicensis L 6″(15 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does not support the audio element. “Ki-ki-doo.”,

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American Coot

June 7, 2010August 24, 2015 lwilliams@netad.unl.edu black, Central Mixed Grass, Eastern Tallgrass Prairie, medium, Rivers or Lakes, Sandhills region, Urban or Cropland, Western Shortgrass Prairie, Wetland, white to buff

photo by Phil Swanson Fulica americana L 15 1/2″ (39 cm). Song or calls: Listen (NGPC audio) Your browser does

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