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 LC    Ocellated Crake* Id (Atlas):
    Micropygia schomburgkii

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Micropygia schomburgki [Collar and Andrew (1988)]

Other Names (World)
Ocellated Crake, Ocellated Rail, Dotted Crake

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Schomburgk, 1848)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,250 m.

Range (Guide)
Bolivia (B), Brazil (B), Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), French Guiana (B), Guyana (B), Paraguay (B), Peru (B), Suriname (B), Venezuela (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
Habitat destruction through burning and conversion to agriculture, predation by Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (38)...)

 
Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) [XC349171]
     by Caio Brito from Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call)

 
Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) [XC345011]
     by GABRIEL LEITE from Serra do Lajeado, Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • schomburgkii (Schomburgk, 1848)   -  Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas. Also south-eastern Peru and Bolivia (racial affinities not clear).
  • chapmani (Naumburg, 1930)   -  Central to south-eastern Brazil.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) - 10 files


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