The Yellow Rail is a small rail that hides among wetland grasses. It probes the ground and vegetation for small animals and seeds; males give faint clicking calls on spring nights.
Cornell's adult description has black, brown, and yellow mottling with thin white bars on the back, a paler yellow face and breast, and white patches visible in flight.
It walks through wetland plants, picking invertebrates and seeds from the ground or vegetation. It seldom flies; males repeat clicking calls on spring nights.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.