Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans)

Other Scientific Names
Ortygonax nigricans [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1819)

Habitat
Inland wetlands. From 800 - 2,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, 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 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC255094]
by Paul Coopmans from Belo Oriente, Belo Oriente, Minas Gerais, Brazil (call)

Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC329672]
by Guilherme Kulinitz Rodrigues from Ba\u00eda de Guaratuba, SC, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in Rallus, or referred to genus Ortygonax. In past sometimes regarded as conspecific with Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

caucae (Conover, 1949) - South-western Colombia (Cauca Valley south to Nariño).
nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) - Eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, west, south-central and eastern Brazil, Paraguay and extreme north-eastern Argentina.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) - 10 files

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