Eastern Black rail

Laterallus jamaicensis jamaicensis · Wherever found · ECOS entity 11319

In plain words

Federal ESA status Threatened

The Eastern Black rail is listed as threatenedthreatened: Likely to become endangered soon. under the federal Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act: The federal law from 1973 that protects listed animals and plants.. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Eastern Black rail
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set
Planned for fiscal year 2026 in the National Listing Workplan of July 28, 2026. Workplan row 47
Marked court-ordered, date not stated (National Listing Workplan, version 2026-07-28). Workplan row 47
Not published as of October 24, 2026
5-year review notice
Statutory date November 9, 2025 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A); counted from the ECOS listing date). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years". 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/11319
ECOS
Species profile 10477
Range states
AL, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, SC, TX, VA