Chestnut-headed crake
Appearance
Chestnut-headed crake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Rufirallus Sharpe, 1893 |
Species: | R. castaneiceps
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Binomial name | |
Rufirallus castaneiceps | |
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The chestnut-headed crake (Rufirallus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.[2] It is found throughout the Peruvian Amazon Basin and neighboring areas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
It is chestnut-coloured with a paler throat and a dark brown back.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Rufirallus castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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