Laterallus
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| Laterallus | |
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| Laterallus jamaicensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Laterallus G.R. Gray, 1855 |
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Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the Black Rail, also occurs in the United States.
[edit] Species
- Rufous-sided Crake, Laterallus melanophaius
- Rusty-flanked Crake, Laterallus levraudi
- Ruddy Crake, Laterallus ruber
- White-throated Crake, Laterallus albigularis
- Grey-breasted Crake, Laterallus exilis
- Black Rail, Laterallus jamaicensis
- Junin Rail, Laterallus tuerosi – sometimes considered a subspecies of L. jamaicensis.
- Galapagos Rail, Laterallus spilonotus
- Red-and-white Crake, Laterallus leucopyrrhus
- Rufous-faced Crake, Laterallus xenopterus
[edit] References
Taylor, B., & B. van Perlo (1998). Rails – A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World. ISBN 1873403593
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