Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC329672]
by Guilherme Kulinitz Rodrigues from Ba\u00eda de Guaratuba, SC, Brazil (song)
Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC255086]
by Roney Souza from Belo Oriente, Belo Oriente, Minas Gerais, Brazil (call, 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.