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Titre :	First Documentation of Eastern Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) Breeding in South Carolina, USA in More Than a Century (2019)
Auteurs :	Christine E. Hand, Auteur ; Elizabeth Znidersic, Auteur ; Amy K. Tegeler, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Waterbirds (42(2) June, 2019)
Article en page(s) :	237-241
Résumé :	This study documented the first breeding of Eastern Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis) in South Carolina, USA in more than a century. Previously, the only accepted nesting record in the state consisted of a single nest collected during 1903. Using motion-activated camera traps, we captured 942 photographs of Black Rails and documented Black Rail chicks during the summers of 2015 and 2016, and juveniles that were flightless, but nearly fully-feathered in 2016. Although. historically. Black Rails were considered to only be "accidental breeders" in the state. as population declines are documented in the Mid-Atlantic USA, coastal South Carolina may have increased importance within the breeding range.

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