Dot-winged Crake
Laterallus spiloptera(Durnford, H, 1877)
English (US) Dot-winged Crake
The Dot-winged Crake (Laterallus spiloptera) 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: southern Brazil and Uruguay to north-central ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Laterallus spiloptera
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Dot-winged Crake
- Described by
- (Durnford, H, 1877)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Porzana spiloptera
- Described by
- (Durnford, H, 1877)
- Type locality
- Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.4, vol.1, no.2 p.194 pl.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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