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.

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 100,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC770311]
by Sasha Robinson from Campinas, Campinas, State of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)

Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) [XC264399]
by Jerome Fischer from Napo: Inchillaqui road WSW of Archidona, Ecuador (call)

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
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Files:

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

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