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| | [[Image:Spotted_Rail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73<br />Photo taken: Costanera Sur Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina]] | | [[Image:Spotted_Rail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Fritz73<br />Photo taken: Costanera Sur Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina]] |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | Medium size rail with red legs and iris, yellowish bill with red spot at the base. The body seems to be mostly black with white markings that on the upperside and upper breast are spots, while the rest of the underside is barred. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Cuba]], [[Hispaniola]], and probably [[Jamaica]] in the [[West Indies]], as well as [[Mexico]] to [[South America]]. Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Two subspecies are known, ''maculatus'' and ''insolitus''. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Freshwater swamps and rice fields |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary. |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Pardirallus+maculatus}} | | {{GSearch|Pardirallus+maculatus}} |
Revision as of 02:00, 22 November 2007
- Pardirallus maculatus
Photo by Fritz73
Photo taken: Costanera Sur Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Identification
Medium size rail with red legs and iris, yellowish bill with red spot at the base. The body seems to be mostly black with white markings that on the upperside and upper breast are spots, while the rest of the underside is barred.
Distribution
Cuba, Hispaniola, and probably Jamaica in the West Indies, as well as Mexico to South America. Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are known, maculatus and insolitus.
Habitat
Freshwater swamps and rice fields
Behaviour
Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary.
External Links
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