Rufous-necked Wood Rail
Aramides axillarisLawrence, GN, 1863
English (US) Rufous-necked Wood Rail
The Rufous-necked Wood Rail (Aramides axillaris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) in the order Gruiformes.
Range: coastal northwestern Mexico to Trinidad and Suriname, and to far northwestern PeruRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aramides axillaris
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1863
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lawrence, GN, 1863
- Type locality
- Barranquilla, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 15 p.107
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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