Ridgway's Rail

When to see the Ridgway's Rail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ridgway's Rail

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Ridgway's Rail

Ridgway's rail is a species of bird found principally along the Pacific coast of North America from the San Francisco Bay Area to southern Baja California, as well as in some regions of the Gulf of California. A member of the rail family, Rallidae, it is a chicken-sized bird that lives in brackish tidal marshes and rarely flies. Its name commemorates American ornithologist Robert Ridgway.

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Easily confused with

King RailRallus elegansDistinct features are a long bill with a slight downward curve, with adults being brown on the back and rusty-brown on the face and breast with a dark brown cap. African RailRallus caerulescensAdults are 27–28 cm (10.6–11.0 in) long, and have mainly brown upperparts and blue-grey underparts, with black-and-white barring on the flanks and undertail. Brown-cheeked RailRallus indicusThe species differs from the slightly smaller nominate form through its paler upperparts, brown-tinged underparts and a brown stripe through the eye.