| Common Name: | Rail, Virginia | | Scientific Name: | Rallus limicola | | Family: | Rallidae | | Area: | Fairview Wetlands - Salem, Oregon | | Date: | July 22, 2014 | 
Virginia Rails are very elusive, you will hear them many times over before you see them. The upper photo shows the adult plumage, the lower is a juvenile. | 
| | Reference: | Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of America by Kaufman / The Sibley Guide to Birds by Sibley |
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