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King Rail
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

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King Rail

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King Rail

Rallus elegans

The king rail (Rallus elegans) is a waterbird, the largest North American rail.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 367715.