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In the Old World, long-billed species tend to be called rails and short-billed species crakes. North American species are normally called rails irrespective of bill length. The smallest of these is Swinhoe's rail, at 13 cm (5.1 in) and 25 g. The larger species are also sometimes given other names.
Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the black rail, also occurs in the United States.
Adult soras are 19–30 cm (7.5–11.8 in) long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks. They have a short thick yellow bill, with black markings on the face at the base of the bill and on the throat.
Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads) RLIX Housatonic Railroad (HRRC) (CT, MA, NY) HRRC Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad (ID and OR) INPR Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (IL and IN) KBSR New York New Jersey Rail (NJ and NY) NYNJ Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (ID and WA) POVA St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (ME, NH, and VT) SLA
Yellow-billed cuckoo. Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae. The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. Three species of cuckoo have been recorded in Georgia. Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani (R) Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
Black-billed capercaillie; Black-billed coucal; Black-billed cuckoo; Black-billed flycatcher; Black-billed gull; Black-billed hanging parrot; Black-billed koel; Black-billed magpie; Black-billed mountain toucan; Black-billed nightingale-thrush; Black-billed peppershrike; Black-billed scythebill; Black-billed seed finch; Black-billed shrike ...
Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, rail, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, pied-bill, thick-billed grebe, and water witch. [5] [6] Since the extinction of the Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), the pied-billed grebe has become the sole extant member of the genus ...
In general they are shy and secretive birds, which are difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. King rail, Rallus elegans (A) Virginia rail, Rallus limicola; Sora, Porzana carolina; Common gallinule, Gallinula ...