Yellow rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
The yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 49.2 g to 60.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the yellow rail
- Weight
- 49.2 g – 60.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 17 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 8.03src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the yellow rail live?
Not recorded
What is the yellow rail?
The yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a small secretive marsh bird of the family Rallidae that is found in North America.
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Is the yellow rail endangered?
The yellow rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the yellow rail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusCoturnicops
- SpeciesCoturnicops noveboracensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms Fulica noveboracensis, Porzana noveboracensis
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- Yellow-breasted railEnglish
- مرعة صفراءArabic
- Rakig melenBreton
- Rasclet grocCatalan
- rasclet groguencCatalan
- chřástal žlutavýCzech
- Gul VagtelrikseDanish
- GelbralleGerman
- flava raloEsperanto
- Polluela amarillaSpanish
- Polluela amarillentaSpanish
- kold-vuttruikEstonian
- kultarääkkiäinenFinnish
- râle jauneFrench
- Marouette jauneFrench
- Rálóg bhuíIrish
- smeđi prepeličarCroatian
- sárga vízicsibeHungarian
- Rallo gialloItalian
- シマクイナJapanese
- アメリカシマクイナJapanese
- geltonoji vištelėLithuanian
- dzeltenais ormanītisLatvian
- gele RalDutch
- okerrikseNorwegian
- derkaczyk płowyPolish
- rudokurka żółtawaPolish
- pinto-d'água-amareloPortuguese
- franga-d'água-amareladaPortuguese
- pinto-de-água-amareloPortuguese
- Жёлтый погонышRussian
- Жёлтая курочка-малюткаRussian
- chriašteľ okrovýSlovak
- Žuti barski petlićSerbian
- GulrallSwedish
- gul dvärgrallSwedish
- Büyük Çil YelvesiTurkish
- погонич-пігмей жовтийUkrainian
- 黃田雞Chinese
- 北美花田鸡Chinese
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Relatives of the yellow rail
Other species in the same genus Coturnicops.
Swinhoe's rail
Coturnicops exquisitus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the yellow rail?
An adult yellow rail weighs 49.2 g – 60.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the yellow rail endangered?
The yellow rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the yellow rail?
The yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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