Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis)

Other Names (World)
Ash-throated Crake, White-necked Crake, White-throated Crake

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1819)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland. From sea-level - 1,550 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

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
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (28)...)

Ash-throated Crake (Mustelirallus albicollis) [XC349926]
by Nestor Fari\u00f1a from Reserva Natural Rinc\u00f3n de Santa Mar\u00eda. Ituzaing\u00f3, Corrientes, Brazil (song)

Ash-throated Crake (Mustelirallus albicollis) [XC413774]
by Caio Brito from Abun\u00e3 - Transecto 11 - ME, Porto Velho-RO, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies olivacea includes proposed subspecies typhoeca. Two specimens from extreme south-eastern Peru are as large as albicollis but show plumage characters of olivacea.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

olivacea (Vieillot, 1819) - Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and extreme northern Brazil.
albicollis (Vieillot, 1819) - Eastern and southern Brazil, northern and eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and extreme northern Argentina; probably this race in south-eastern Peru.
typhoeca Peters, JL, 1932 - Northern Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas and Suriname; Trinidad.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis) - 10 files

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