Ridgway's Rail is a gray and rusty rail of western North America. It probes muddy ground for invertebrates. Cornell's account lists California, Arizona, Nevada, and the western coast of Mexico; before 2014 it was grouped with Clapper Rail and related forms as one species.
It is gray and rusty overall, with a large bill used to probe for food in mud.
It uses saltwater and freshwater marshes and mangroves, probing muddy ground for invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.