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Black Rail: Threat call is a variable, low growl, chrrrr-chrrr-chrrr, etc. (some Marsh Wren calls similar, but more rattling). • Contact call a soft gallinule-like bark, arp, sometimes given in a short series. • Male advertising call a low, nasal kee-kee-drr; pattern recalls Greater Yellowlegs.
Threat call:
Contact call:
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Male advertising call:
Credits:All text copyright Michael O'Brien. All sounds copyright Macaulay Library. Image copyright Brian E. Small.