New Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracencis, site in Atlantic Canada

Authors
Kehoe, FP Swanson, LA Forbes, GJ Bowes, S Pearce, PA
Citation
Fp. Kehoe et al., New Yellow Rail, Coturnicops noveboracencis, site in Atlantic Canada, CAN FIELD-N, 114(2), 2000, pp. 331-332
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST
ISSN journal
00083550 → ACNP
Volume
114
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
331 - 332
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(200004/06)114:2<331:NYRCNS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We document the presence of the largest known concentration of Yellow Rails (Coturnicops noveboracencis) east of Quebec, in the Grand Lake Meadows of central New Brunswick. Rails were surveyed between 1991-1997 and indicated the area supported a minimum of 2-24. Fluctuating water levels appear to de termine abundance and suggest that breeding is unlikely, at least in most y ears. The Grand Lake Meadows may be a significant post-breeding staging are a for this species.