Red-and-white Crake
Rufirallus leucopyrrhus(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Red-and-white Crake
The Red-and-white Crake (Rufirallus leucopyrrhus) 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 Uruguay, Paraguay, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
- Order
- Gruiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-and-white Crake
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Rallus leucopyrrhus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara.
- 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.550
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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