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==Distribution and habitat==
The clapper rail is found along the Atlantic coasts of the [[East Coast of the United States|eastern U.S.]], the [[Gulf of Mexico]], eastern Mexico, some [[Caribbean islands]], and south through eastern Central America, as well at several inland locales. Populations are stable on the East Coast of the U.S., although the numbers of this bird have declined due to habitat loss. Clapper rails are saltmarsh specialists, and are highly mobile across their range, with females showing weak [[philopatry]] and a lack of philopatry in males.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1=Coster | first1=S.S. | last2=Welsh | first2=A.B. | last3=Costanzo | first3=G. | last4=Harding | first4=S.R. | last5=Anderson | first5=J.T. | last6=Katzner | first6=T.E. | date=2019 | title=Gene flow connects coastal populations of a habitat specialist, the Clapper Rail ''Rallus crepitans'' | journal=Ibis | volume=161 | issue=1 | pages=66–78 | doi=10.1111/ibi.12599| doi-access=free }}</ref>
[[File:ClapperRail2.jpg|thumb|right|Clapper rail in [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]], Florida.]]