Definition of clapper rail
: a grayish-brown long-billed American rail (Rallus longirostris) that inhabits coastal marshes
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Highlights from Sandy Neck in Barnstable included a yellow-throated warbler, a clapper rail, 10 marsh wrens, a seaside sparrow, and 28 saltmarsh sparrows.
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The clapper rails didn't seem to think much of our chances.
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Origin and Etymology of clapper rail
from its rattle-like call
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