Ruddy Crake
Laterallus ruber(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1860)
English (US) Ruddy Crake
The Ruddy Crake (Laterallus ruber) 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: lowlands of southern Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica (northern Guanacaste)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laterallus ruber
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ruddy Crake
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1860)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Corethrura rubra
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1860)
- Type locality
- Vera Paz, Guatemala.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.28, no.2 p.300
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Grey-breasted Crake
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