Yellow Rail
Coturnicops noveboracensis
CA: Threatened, CA Special Concern
Yellow Rail; California state threatened species
Tiny, secretive rail with yellow-olive plumage and thin bill. Inhabits wetland grasses; indicator of healthy marsh and grassland ecosystems.
Plants that support Yellow Rail
2 plants
Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima
grass
Rare migrant through coastal marshes; uses emergent vegetation cover and forages on marsh plants
Bay Area native
Wire rush
Juncus balticus ssp. ater
perennial herb
Uses wire rush stands for nesting habitat and forages on associated invertebrates in breeding marshes
Bay Area native