Uniform Crake - BirdForum Opus

Subspecies castaneus
Photo © by Paludo Xyko Paludo
Dourado, SP, Brazil, December 2018

Amaurolimnas concolor

Identification

Subspecies guatemalensis
Photo © by hansbucht
Rio Tigres, Costa Rica, March 2017

20–23 cm (7¾-9 in)

• Reddish-brown overall plumage
• Red iris
• Greenish-yellow bill
• Orange to red legs

Distribution

Currently found from southern Mexico to Ecuador, Peru, and eastern Bolivia; east to Venezuela, the Guianas, and Brazil. Formerly Jamaica.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Extinct, Jamaican subspecies concolor
Artwork © by noisi

There are 3 subspecies₁:

• A. c. concolor:

• Extinct; formerly Jamaica

• A. c. guatemalensis:

• Southern Mexico to Ecuador

• A. c. castaneus:

• Venezuela to the Guianas, Brazil, eastern Peru and Bolivia

Habitat

Forested swamps and heavy vine-tangled thickets along forested streams.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage in leaf litter and soft mud, looking for insects, spiders, small frogs and lizards; they also eat some seeds and berries.

Breeding

The nest is a loose cup built of leaves; the eggs are pale buff, marked mostly near the large end with bold superficial reddish-brown splotches and subsurface spots and blotches of grey and purplish-brown.

Vocalisation

Andrew Whitehouse
Regua, Brazil, September 2008

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2017)
3. Birdforum thread discussing photo of this species and how difficult it is to see

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Uniform Crake. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Uniform_Crake

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