Bird ID please- found in Tucson/designated wetlands
Feb 27, 2016 10:23:45 #
Feb 27, 2016 10:59:12 #
Don't have a handy photo, but believe you have a Clapper Rail
Cornell would be the place for the "for sure" identification they are very good and usually quick
Cornell would be the place for the "for sure" identification they are very good and usually quick
Feb 27, 2016 11:55:54 #
prcb1949 wrote:
The gray grey face and white eyebrow is diagnostic - without a doubt it is a rail but the shot does not reveal enough of the bird to be more definitive. The clapper is quite a large rail - this rail appears to be on the smallish size. i would still go with virginia rail the dark patch beneath the eye and the dark crown are also significant !
The feet identify it as some sort of Rail.
Feb 27, 2016 12:29:46 #
prcb1949
Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK
Redrock51 wrote:
The feet identify it as some sort of Rail.
Yes that is correct :thumbup:
Feb 27, 2016 13:29:19 #
Feb 27, 2016 16:49:50 #
It is a Virginia Rail. The size of the bird, the color and size of the bill, and the leg color are all field marks of a Virginia Rail, not a Clapper Rail. Clapper Rails in Arizona are only found around the lower Colorado River.
Feb 27, 2016 23:13:59 #
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