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.

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) [XC502420]
by Ricardo Gagliardi from Ilha de Guaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (song)

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