Rufous-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides axillaris)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Rufous-crowned Wood-rail, Rufous-necked Wood Rail

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1863

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forerst, mangroves. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Coastal Mexico and Belize; Honduras to Panama; north-western Colombia locally south to western Ecuador and north-western Peru (unconfirmed), and east to Guyana (including Trinidad).

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

Rufous-necked Wood Rail (Aramides axillaris) [XC142867]
by Charlie Vogt from San Antonio, Socorro, New Mexico, United States (call)

Rufous-necked Wood Rail (Aramides axillaris) [XC34083]
by Jim Holmes from El Imposible National Park, western El Salvador, El Salvador (drumming)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides axillaris) - 10 files

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