Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
Aramides saracura(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
The Slaty-breasted Wood Rail (Aramides saracura) 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: forest of southeastern Brazil to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aramides saracura
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Gallinula saracura
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- No type locality.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.75 pl.98
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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