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| | + | [[Image:Spotted rail IMG 9394.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|megan+perkins|megan perkins}}<br />Cajamarca Department, N [[Peru]], November 2011]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Pardirallus|Pardirallus]] maculatus | | ;[[:Category:Pardirallus|Pardirallus]] maculatus |
| - | [[Image:Spotted_Rail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Fritz73'''<br>Location: [[Costanera Sur Ecological 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. | | 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. |
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| - | Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction. | |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | Locally from [[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]] and [[Greater Antilles]] (though rare and local in [[Jamaica]]<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>). Accidental vagrant to the [[United States]] with records in [[Texas]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. | | Locally from [[Mexico]] to northern [[Argentina]], [[Brazil]] and [[Greater Antilles]] (though rare and local in [[Jamaica]]<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>). Accidental vagrant to the [[United States]] with records in [[Texas]] and [[Pennsylvania]]. |
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| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Freshwater swamps and rice fields. | | Freshwater swamps and rice fields. |
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| | + | Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary. | | Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary. |
| | + | ==Gallery== |
| | + | <gallery> |
| | + | Image:Spotted_Rail.jpg|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}}<br />[[Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve]], Buenos Aires, [[Argentina]] |
| | + | </gallery> |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | # Raffaele, Herbert et al. 2003. ''Birds of the West Indies''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780691113197 | + | #{{Ref-Raffaeleetal03}}#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}} |
| - | # 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 | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Pardirallus+maculatus}} | | {{GSearch|Pardirallus+maculatus}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pardirallus]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pardirallus]] |
Current revision
- Pardirallus maculatus
[edit] 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.
[edit] Distribution
Locally from Mexico to northern Argentina, Brazil and Greater Antilles (though rare and local in Jamaica1). Accidental vagrant to the United States with records in Texas and Pennsylvania.
[edit] Taxonomy
[edit] Subspecies2
- P. m. insolitus - Locally from s Mexico to Costa Rica
- P. m. maculatus - Greater Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, Argentina and Peru
[edit] Habitat
Freshwater swamps and rice fields.
Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction.
[edit] Behaviour
Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary.
[edit] Gallery
[edit] References
- Raffaele, H, J Wiley, OH Garrido, A Keith, JI Raffaele. 2003. Birds of the West Indies. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691113197
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
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