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Location: Tomine, Nr Bogota, Colombia

Rallus semiplumbeus

[edit] Identification

25 cm. Olive brown with black streaked upperpart, rufous shoulders, grey sides to face to belly, pale throat, black flanks with white bands, dull red bill and legs.

[edit] Distribution

Andes of Colombia in Boyaca and Cundinamarca.

[edit] Taxonomy

Austral Rail (R. antarcticus) was formerly included within Bogota Rail.

[edit] Subspecies¹

• R. s. semiplumbeus - E Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)
• R. s. peruvianus - One 1886 record from an unknown location in Peru

[edit] Habitat

High-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes, 2,500-4,000 m.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes aquatic invertebrates, insect larvae, worms, molluscs, dead fish, frogs, tadpoles and plant material.

They nest in reed beds adjoining shallow water.

[edit] References

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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