Giant Wood Rail
Aramides ypecaha(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Giant Wood Rail
The Giant Wood Rail (Aramides ypecaha) 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: marshes of southeastern Brazil to Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aramides ypecaha
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Giant Wood Rail
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus ypecaha
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara no. 367.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 28 p.568
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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