Aramides | |
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Grey-cowled wood rail, Aramides cajaneus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Aramides Pucheran, 1845 |
Type species | |
Fulica cayennensis[1] Gmelin, 1789
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Species | |
see text |
Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
It contains the following 8 species:[2]
Image | Common name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
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Little wood rail | Aramides mangle | Brazil. | |
Rufous-necked wood rail | Aramides axillaris | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. | |
Grey-cowled wood rail | Aramides cajaneus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. | |
Russet-naped wood rail | Aramides albiventris | southern Mexico to Costa Rica. | |
Brown wood rail | Aramides wolfi | Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru. | |
Giant wood rail | Aramides ypecaha | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. | |
Slaty-breasted wood rail | Aramides saracura | Brazil and eastern Paraguay. | |
Red-winged wood rail | Aramides calopterus | Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. |
There is also a doubtful species: