Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1867)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland. From sea-level - 3,375 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica (B), Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela.

Vagrant to St Helena.

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 (3)...)

Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC857433]
by Alejandro Bodrati from Parque Nacional Chaco, Sargento Cabral Department, Chaco Province, Argentina (call)

Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) [XC226652]
by Jacob Guachisaca Sal\u00ednas from Tucupita area, Delta Amac, Venezuela (pumping)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombiana), and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and in bill structure.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

olivascens Chubb, C, 1918 - Eastern Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas through central and eastern Brazil to northern and eastern Bolivia, north-western Argentina and Paraguay. Also Costa Rica and Panama, where status unclear.
erythrops (Sclater, 1867) - Coastal Peru, and Galapagos Is (Santa Cruz and Santa María).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) - 10 files

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