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Rallus elegans
King Rail
Assateague Island National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Rallus elegans Audubon, 1834
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		King Rail
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Gruiformes, Family Rallidae, Genus Rallus, Species Rallus elegans


Management Tags:
Management Priority


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G4
NatureServe State Rank:		MD: S2B; VA: S2B,S3N
Evidence:		3 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Thicket National Preserve	Blue Ridge Parkway
Canaveral National Seashore	Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Colonial National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Dry Tortugas National Park
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park	Gateway National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Padre Island National Seashore
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Pipestone National Monument
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve


Last Modified Date:	1/11/2008

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/11/2025 6:23:32 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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