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Virginia Rails are similar in appearance to King Rails, but are smaller with shorter
necks, gray cheek feathers and reddish legs and bills. As with other rail species,
learning the calls made by Virginia Rails is important in identification as they are
rarely seen, but can often be heard in appropriate habitats. One of their calls is
described as a wheezy grunting series of wep calls which descend and accelerate. Another
is described as a mechanical gik or clattering skew. Virginia Rails are relatively
widespread and common in North America and found throughout the Great Plains during the
breeding and migration seasons.
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