Red-winged Wood Rail
Aramides calopterusSclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1878
English (US) Red-winged Wood Rail
The Red-winged Wood Rail (Aramides calopterus) 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: eastern Ecuador to northeastern Peru (Loreto) and western Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aramides calopterus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-winged Wood Rail
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1878
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1878
- Type locality
- Sarayacu, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878, pt.2 p.439 pl.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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