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Rallus limicola
Virginia Rail
Effigy Mounds National Monument
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Probably Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:

Scientific Name with Authority:		Rallus limicola Vieillot, 1819
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

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


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SU
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		IA: S3B,S3N
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Acadia National Park	Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore	Arches National Park
Assateague Island National Seashore	Aztec Ruins National Monument
Badlands National Park	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Blue Ridge Parkway	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Lookout National Seashore	Capitol Reef National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Channel Islands National Park
Colonial National Historical Park	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Postpile National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	El Malpais National Monument
Everglades National Park	Fire Island National Seashore
Fort Caroline National Memorial	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Indiana Dunes National Park	Isle Royale National Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve	John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
Joshua Tree National Park	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Mount Rainier National Park	National Capital Parks-East
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
North Cascades National Park	Olympic National Park
Padre Island National Seashore	Petrified Forest National Park
Pipe Spring National Monument	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Point Reyes National Seashore
Presidio of San Francisco	Redwood National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway	Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
San Juan Island National Historical Park	Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shenandoah National Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tuzigoot National Monument	Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Yellowstone National Park
Yosemite National Park	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	3/30/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 5:26:09 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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