Yuma Ridgway's rails prefer marshes interspersed with open water and mudflats for foraging
Yuma Ridgway's rails inhabit this emergent marsh at Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
Yuma Ridgway's rails prefer early successional emergent marsh vegetation
Emergent marshes around Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge support Yuma Ridgway's rail populations
Yuma Ridgway's rails sometimes use emergent marsh vegetation along irrigation canals
Without management actions, emergent marshes may accumulate dead vegetation, which reduces the quality of the habitat for rails