Light-footed Ridgway's rail at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge in California

A brown bird with an orange bill sit amid reeds in a wetland

Photo By/Credit

Kirk Gilligan/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

A light-footed Ridgway’s rail finds a bit of cover from predators during high tide at Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge in Orange County. The endangered bird is also known as the light-footed clapper rail.

Facility

Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Coastal

Species

Rallus longirostris levipes

Subject tags

Coastal restoration

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Habitat conservation

Wetlands

Wildlife refuges

Wildlife restoration

Wildlife viewing