Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Breeding Range (Fig. 57). Hypothetical. Definite records of nests or dependent young are lacking. However, the scattered records of adults during late spring and summer on the Southern Drift Plain and in the southern portion of the Missouri Coteau suggest probable breeding status. One adult male was collected on June 3, 1910 on the Agassiz Lake Plain in Walsh County (H. V. Williams).
Probable Breeding Habitat. Fens and fresh or slightly brackish semipermanent ponds that contain fairly dense stands of emergent vegetation. Predominant species of emergent vegetation occupied by King Rails include common cattail, river bulrush, giant burreed, slough sedge, and short-awn foxtail.
Nesting. Probable breeding season: Mid-May to mid-August. Two birds, apparently a pair, recorded on May 19, [1964] on a slough in Stutsman County, represent the earliest breeding-season record; the latest observation was recorded on August 10 [1961] in Dickey County (RES).
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