Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA, Venezuela.

Vagrant to Jamaica.

Unknown to Honduras.

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

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 10,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) [XC400569]
by id from Provincia de Guanacaste, Costa Rica (call)

Spotted Rail (Pardirallus) [XC227203]
by Patrick ODonnell from Tarapoto, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in Rallus. Possible subspecies inoptatus of western Cuba included in nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

insolitus (Bangs & Peck, 1908) - Mexico to Costa Rica.
maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) - Western Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago; Colombia east to the Guianas and eastern Brazil, and south to Peru and Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) - 10 files

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