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Alternative name: Saracura Wood Rail

Aramides saracura

Photo by Fabio
Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil

[edit] Identification

Brownish to reddish-brown upperside, slaty-grey underside, pink legs and yellow to greenish bill.

The bill is shorter and thicker than the superficially similar Blackish Rail, which also lack the brown tones to the upperside.

[edit] Distribution

South eastern Brazil to Paraguay and north eastern Argentina

[edit] Taxonomy

A monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Temperate forests, moist lowland forests, moist montanes, and rivers.

[edit] Behaviour

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