Order: Gruiformes – Family: Rallidae
Status: Resident – Frequent – Breeder. Habitat: Embankments and marshes
| Sounds | |||
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 10 seconds – 60 kb© José L. Merlo |
13 seconds – 53 kb © Diego Caiafa |
3 seconds – 30 kb © Diego Caiafa |
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| Adult | ||
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7-2008 © Hugo Hulsberg |
Gray head and neck. Rufous breast. Rest of underparts, black |
 2-2007 © Jorge García V.
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| Breeding | ||
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12-2006 © Jorge García V. |
1-2012 © J. Simón Tagtachian |
1-2012 © J. Simón Tagtachian |
3-2007 © Hugo Hulsberg |
3-2007 © Hugo Hulsberg |
1-2013 © J. Simón Tagtachian |
| Easily confused: Giant and Gray-necked Wood-Rails Aramides ypecaha and Aramides cajanea |
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 © J. Simón Tagtachian |
 © Javier Ubiría |
| The difference in colour of the neck leaps to the eye. The Gray-necked Wood-Rail’s neck is completely gray, whereas that of the Giant Wood-Rail is two-coloured. The foreneck is gray and the hindneck is chestnut. If they were together the difference in size would be easily noted. The Gray-necked Wood-Rail (36 cm) is smaller than the Giant Wood-Rail (42 cm). |
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