Survey Guidelines to Determine Presence/Absence of the Light-footed Ridgway’s Rail (Rallus obsoletus levipes) (formerly Light-footed Clapper Rail) in Southern California

Survey Guidelines to Determine Presence/Absence of the Light-footed Ridgway’s Rail (Rallus obsoletus levipes) (formerly Light-footed Clapper Rail) in Southern California
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The light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes) is one of three sub species of clapper rail that occurs in California. The light-footed clapper rail has occurred historically along the coast of southern California from Carpinteria Marsh in Santa Barbara County south to San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico (Grinnell and Miller 1944, USFWS 1984).

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