---
title: "Clapper Rail"
description: "Rallus crepitans — Uccelli. The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/clapper-rail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Clapper Rail

> Rallus crepitans — Uccelli. The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Rallus crepitans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 6091
- Wikidata: [Q26235798](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235798)
- iNaturalist taxon: [367477](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/367477)

## Names

- en: Clapper Rail
- de: Klapperralle
- es: Rascón Costero del Atlántico
- fr: Râle tapageur
- nl: Klapperral
- pl: Wodnik karoliński

## Countries with the most observations

US (4959), MX (191), PR (72), CU (53), DO (33), BZ (19), BS (18), VI (5)

## Summary

The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. The taxonomy for this species is confusing and still being determined.  It is a large brown rail that is resident in wetlands along the Atlantic coasts of the eastern United States, eastern Mexico and some Caribbean islands. This species was formerly considered to be conspecific with the mangrove rail.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapper_rail

## Photo

![Clapper Rail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/clapper-rail/medium.jpg)

Photo: nickajacket · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/113465184

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/clapper-rail?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).