Clapper Rail
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Clapper Rail

Rallus crepitans

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Big Cypress National Preserve
3 Verified records at Big Cypress National Preserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. The taxonomy for this species is confusing and still being determined. It is a large brown rail that is resident in wetlands along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands. This species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the mangrove rail. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Big Cypress National Preserve

King Rail
NT Endemic

King Rail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rallus elegans

5–10% · With luck
Virginia Rail
LC

Virginia Rail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Rallus limicola

<5% · Rare
Common Moorhen
LC

Common Moorhen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinula chloropus

5–10% · With luck
American Purple Gallinule

American Purple Gallinule

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porphyrio martinica

<5% · Rare
American Coot
LC

American Coot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Fulica americana

<5% · Rare
Sora
LC

Sora

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porzana carolina

<5% · Rare
Western Swamphen
LC

Western Swamphen

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Porphyrio porphyrio

Insufficient data
Limpkin
LC Endemic

Limpkin

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aramus guarauna

10–20% · With luck
Sandhill Crane
LC

Sandhill Crane

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Grus canadensis

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Clapper Rail at Big Cypress National Preserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
20–30%
2 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
3 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
5–10%
4 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
5 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
6 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
7 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
8 Jaragua National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
Insufficient data
9 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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