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Resident or medium-distance migrant. Populations in the northern half of North America migrate to the southern U.S. or Central America. Populations in the West and Florida are year-round residents.

Map data for South American distribution provided by Robert S. Ridgley, remaining distributional data are provided by NatureServe in collaboration with Robert Ridgely, James Zook, The Nature Conservancy - Migratory Bird Program, Conservation International - CABS, World Wildlife Fund - US, and Environment Canada - WILDSPACE.

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Rails, Gallinules, and Coots(Order: Gruiformes, Family: Rallidae)

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