page_title: List of birds of Mexico
section_title: Rails, gallinules, and coots
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Mexico / Rails, gallinules, and coots
caption_attribution_description: Coturnicops noveboracensis, Seney National Wildlife Refuge English: Yellow Rail
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Mexico. The avifauna of Mexico included a total of 1122 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. One additional species has been added as a result of a split. Of these 1123 species, 101 are rare or accidental, 10 have been introduced by humans, 112 are endemic, and five more breed only in Mexico though their non-breeding range is larger. Four species are known to be extinct, 68 are globally vulnerable or endangered, and three of the latter might also be extinct. The total figure includes a number of species which are known only from sight records; they are listed but not especially noted.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
context_section_description: Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae
  Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.
  Spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus
  Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas concolor
  Rufous-necked wood-rail, Aramides axillaris
  Russet-naped wood-rail, Aramides albiventris
  Ridgway's rail, Rallus obsoletus (Near-threatened)
  Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans
  Aztec rail, Rallus tenuirostris (E) (Near-threatened)
  King rail, Rallus elegans (Near-threatened)
  Virginia rail, Rallus limicola
  Sora, Porzana carolina
  Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
  American coot, Fulica americana (A)
  Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
  Yellow rail, Coturnicops noveboracensis (A)
  Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex flaviventer
  Ruddy crake, Laterallus ruber
  Gray-breasted crake, Laterallus exilis
  Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
caption: Yellow rail
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