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clapper rail
noun
- a long-billed rail, Rallus longirostris, of coastal marshes of the Americas, having a harsh, cackling cry.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of clapper rail1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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“There is this secretive marsh bird called a clapper rail,” Mx.
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A clapper rail darts for cover in a patch of coastal red mangroves.
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They looked at four birds: the clapper rail, willet, saltmarsh sparrow and seaside sparrow.
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The endangered Yuma clapper rail croaks a funny song in the tall reeds that rise up out of the unexpected marshes in the Ciénega de Santa Clara.
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So do marsh-inhabiting birds like the clapper rail, shore- birds, and even visiting seabirds.
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