A large greyish rail (bird) of American coastal marshes, which has a distinctive clattering call.
长嘴秧鸡
Rallus longirostris, family Rallidae
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At present, so much water is sucked from the Colorado that the river often fails to reach the Sea of Cortez, dooming species like the endangered desert pupfish and the Yuma clapper rail.
The secretive California clapper rail, one of the original birds on the federal endangered species list with a current population of only 600, relies on salt marshes for its habitat.
The California clapper rail is a secretive marsh bird with a distinctive call.
Our biologists are working with Mexican and American partners now to recover the light-footed clapper rail, the Quino checkerspot butterfly, the ocelot, and many other species.
Birders can watch migratory species such as endangered clapper rails, dowitchers, and American avocets from the platform at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary.
Definition of clapper rail in US English:
clapper rail
noun
A large grayish rail (bird) of American coastal marshes, which has a distinctive clattering call.
长嘴秧鸡
Rallus longirostris, family Rallidae
Example sentencesExamples
Birders can watch migratory species such as endangered clapper rails, dowitchers, and American avocets from the platform at Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary.
The California clapper rail is a secretive marsh bird with a distinctive call.
Our biologists are working with Mexican and American partners now to recover the light-footed clapper rail, the Quino checkerspot butterfly, the ocelot, and many other species.
At present, so much water is sucked from the Colorado that the river often fails to reach the Sea of Cortez, dooming species like the endangered desert pupfish and the Yuma clapper rail.
The secretive California clapper rail, one of the original birds on the federal endangered species list with a current population of only 600, relies on salt marshes for its habitat.