Grey-necked wood rail
| Grey-necked wood rail | |
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| Grey-necked wood rail | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aramides |
| Species: | A. cajaneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aramides cajaneus (Müller, 1776) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aramides cajanea Grey-cowled Wood-Rail | |
The grey-necked wood rail[2] or grey-cowled wood rail[3] (Aramides cajaneus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It lives primarily in forests and mangroves of Central and South America.
Description
The grey-necked wood rail measures 38 cm (15 in) long[4][5] and weighs 460 g (16 oz). The upperparts are olive green to dark brown. The head and neck are medium-grey, blending into a brown patch at the back of the head. The eyes are red. The chest and flanks are rufous. The belly, rump and tail are black. Legs are coral-red. Males and females are similar. Immatures are similar to adults but belly sooty-black, flecked with buff. The similar but smaller rufous-necked wood rail (Aramides axillaris) has a reddish head and neck with a grey upper.[6] The rufous-naped wood rail was considered a previously considered a subspecies.
Vocalization
The grey-necked wood rail has a loud, repetitive cackling call mainly heard at dawn and dusk: pop-tiyi pop-tiyi co-co-co-co-co or chitico chitico cao-cao-cao.
Subspecies
- A. c. latens Bangs & Penard, 1918 — on San Miguel and Viveros (Pearl Islands, Panama)
- A. c. morrisoni Wetmore, 1946 — on San José and Pedro González (Pearl Is, Panama)
- A. c. cajaneus — (Müller, 1776) — from Costa Rica to Colombia, east through Venezuela and Trinidad to Brazil, and south to Northern Argentina and Uruguay
- A. c. avicenniae Stotz, 1992 — coastal se Brazil
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and swamps.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Aramides cajaneus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "IOC Species Updates". Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
- ↑ "AOU Species Updates 2016". Retrieved 30 Sep 2016.
- ↑ Garrigues, Richard; Dean, Robert (2007). The Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8014-7373-9.
- ↑ Angehr, George R.; Dean, Robert (2010). The Birds of Panama. Ithaca: Zona Tropical/Comstock/Cornell University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7.
- ↑ Ramos-Ordoñez, M.F.; Rodríguez-Flores, C.; Soberanes-González, C.; Arizmendi, M.C. (2010). Schulenberg, T.S., ed. "Identification – Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)". Neotropical Birds Online. Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Aramides cajanea |
- Gray-necked wood rail photo gallery at VIREO (Drexel University)
- Interactive range map of Aramides cajanea at IUCN Red List maps