Grey-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis(Temminck, CJ, 1831)
English (US) Gray-breasted Crake
UK name: Grey-breasted Crake
The Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis) 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: Guatemala and Belize to northern Bolivia, and Amazonian and eastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laterallus exilis
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-breasted Crake
- English (UK)
- Grey-breasted Crake
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1831)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus exilis
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1831)
- Type locality
- No locality, Cayenne designated by Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 14, 1907, p. 90.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.88, vol.5 pl.523
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Ruddy Crake
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White-throated Crake
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Black Rail
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Dot-winged Crake
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White-browed Crake
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Striped Crake
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