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Rallus semiplumbeus

Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Tomine, Nr Bogota, Colombia, March 2006

[edit] Identification

25 cm

• Olive brown
• Black streaked upperparts
• Rufous shoulders
• Grey sides to face to belly
• Pale throat
• Black flanks with white bands
• Dull red bill and legs

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in Colombia and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

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

[edit] Subspecies¹

• R. s. semiplumbeus:

• 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

[edit] Diet

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

[edit] Breeding

They nest in reed beds adjoining shallow water.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

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