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Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction. | 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>). | + | 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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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>==== | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 22 August 2008
- Pardirallus maculatus
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.
Critically endangered in the West Indies due to habitat destruction.
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.
Taxonomy
Subspecies2
- P. m. insolitus - Locally from s Mexico to Costa Rica
- P. m. maculatus - Greater Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, Argentina and Peru
Habitat
Freshwater swamps and rice fields.
Behaviour
Very difficult to see, more often heard. Mostly seems solitary.
References
- Raffaele, Herbert et al. 2003. Birds of the West Indies. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 9780691113197
- 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
