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Rallus wetmorei

[edit] Identification

24-27 cm. This bird is mainly brown, but its crown is olive-brown. It has a fawn supercilium and its lores are dark grey. Its face, upper parts and tail are brown with black-brown streaks. Its chin is white, its throat is buff, and its underbelly is pinky-buff with greyer, unbarred flanks. Its bill is olive, straight and slender. Its legs are olive brown in colour.

[edit] Distribution

The north coast of Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

• A monotypic species.
• Formerly lumped within Clapper Rail, R. longirostris.

[edit] Habitat

Coastal mangroves, and shallow saltwater.

[edit] Behaviour

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