Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC349927]
by Kassius Santos from Aparecida, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC414728]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Botucatu, S\u00e3o Paulo, 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.