Data Zone
Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261.
Casazza, M. L., Overton, C. T., Bui, T.-V. D. , Hull, J. M., Albertson, J. D., Bloom, V. K., Bobzien, S., McBroom, J., Latta, M., Olofson, P., Rohmer, T. M., Schwarzbach, S., Strong, D. R., Grijalva, E., Wood, J. K., Skalos, S. M., and Takekawa. J. 2016. Endangered species management and ecosystem restoration: finding the common ground. Ecology and Society 21(1): 19.
Conway, C.J. 2009. Standardized North American Marsh Bird Monitoring Protocols, version 2009-2. U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Tucson, AZ.
Delany, S. & Scott, D. 2006. Waterbird population estimates. Wetlands International, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Eddleman, W. R., Conway, C. J. 1998. Clapper Rail. In: Poole, A. and Gill, F. (Eds.) (eds), The birds of North America. No. 340. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists’ Union..
Eddleman, W. R.; Knopf, F. L.; Meanley, B.; Reid, F. A.; Zembal, R. 1988. Conservation of North American Rallids. Wilson Bulletin 100: 458-475.
Ehrlich, P. R.; Dobkin, D. S.; Wheye, D. 1992. Birds in jeopardy: the imperiled and extinct birds of the United States and Canada including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Stanford University Press, Stanford, California.
Foin, T. C., Garcia, E. J., Gill, R. E., Culberson, S. D., Collins, J. N. 1997. Recovery strategies for the California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in the heavily-urbanized San Francisco estuarine ecosystem. Landscape and Urban Planning 38: 229–243.
Harrity, E. J.; Conway, C. J. 2019. Novel ectoparasite infestation on yuma ridgway's rails (Rallus obsoletus yumanensis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131(1): 139-146.
Herzog, M., Liu, L., Evens, J., Nur, N., Warnock, N. 2005. Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Population Trends in California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus). 2005 Progress Report. Stinson Beach and Point Reyes, CA: PRBO Conservation Science and Avocet Research Associates.
Hinojosa-Huerta, O., DeStefano, S., Shaw, W. W. 2001. Distribution and abundance of the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in the Colorado River delta, Mexico. Journal of Arid Environments 49(1): 171-182.
IUCN. 2020. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 December 2020).
Lampert, A., Hastings, A., Grosholz, E.D., Jardine, S.L. and Sanchirico, J.N. 2014. Optimal approaches for balancing invasive species eradication and endangered species management. Science 344(6187): 1028-1031.
Liu, L., Wood, J., Nur, N., Salas, L., Jongsomjit, D. 2012b. California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) Population monitoring: 2005-2011. PRBO Technical Report to the California Department of Fish and Game. Petaluma, CA: PRBO Conservation Science.
Liu, L., Wood, J., Salas, L. and Nur, N. 2012a. 2011 Annual Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) TE-807078-12. Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento. Petaluma, CA: PRBO Conservation Science.
McBroom, J. 2015. California Ridgway’s Rail Surveys for the San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project 2015. Report to: The State Coastal Conservancy. Olofson Environmental, Oakland, CA.
NABCI. 2016. The State of North America’s Birds 2016. In: Environment and Climate Change Canada (eds). Ottawa, Ontario.
Overton, C. T. 2007. Data Summary: A Review of Literature Regarding California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) Demographics, Habitat Use, Home Range, Movements, and Effects of Disturbance. Prepared for State Coastal Conservancy, San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project. Dixon, CA: U.S. Geological Survey.
Overton, C. T., Casazza, M. L., Takekawa, J.Y., Strong, D. R. and Holyoak, M. 2014. Tidal and seasonal effects on survival of the endangered California clapper rail: does invasive Spartina facilitate greater survival in a dynamic environment? Biological Invasions 16(9): 1897-1914.
Partners in Flight. 2019. Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2019. Available at: http://pif.birdconservancy.org/ACAD.
Rosencranz, J. A.; Thorne, K. M.; Buffington, K. J.; Overton, C. J.; Takekawa, J. Y.; Casazza, M. L.; McBroom, J.; Wood, J. K., Nur, N.; Zembal, R. L.; MacDonald, G. M.; Ambrose, R. F. 2019. Rising Tides: Assessing Habitat Vulnerability for an Endangered Salt Marsh-Dependent Species with Sea-Level Rise. Wetlands 39(6): 1203-1218.
Schwarzbach, S. E., Albertson, J. D., Thomas, C. M. 2006. Effects of predation, flooding, and contamination on reproductive success of California clapper rails (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in San Francisco Bay. Auk 123(1): 45-60.
Taylor, B. 1996. Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2013). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/53619 on 9 July 2014).
Taylor, B.; van Perlo, B. 1998. Rails: a guide to the rails, crakes, gallinules and coots of the world. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, UK.
US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2013. Recovery Plan for Tidal Marsh Ecosystems of Northern and Central California. Sacramento, CA.
Wood, J.K., N. Nur, L. Salas, and O. M. W. Richmond. 2016. Draft Site-specific Protocol for Monitoring Marsh Birds: Don Edwards San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuges. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Region Refuge Inventory and Monitoring Program. Point Blue Conservation Science, Petaluma, CA.
Zembal, R., Hoffman, S.M. and Konecny, J. 2015. Status and Distribution of the Light-footed Ridgway’s (Clapper) Rail in California 2015 Season. Report to California Department of Fish and Game. California Department of Fish and Game Nongame Wildlife Program Report 2015-04. San Diego, California.
Zhang, H. and Gorelick, S.M. 2014. Coupled impacts of sea-level rise and tidal marsh restoration on endangered California clapper rail. Biological Conservation 172: 89-100.
Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/ridgways-rail-rallus-obsoletus on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.