Pardirallus maculatus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Gruiformes
Familia: Rallidae
Genus: Pardirallus
Species: Pardirallus maculatus
Subspecies: P. m. insolitus - P. m. maculatus

Name

Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)

Synonyms

Rallus maculatus Boddaert, 1783

References

* Pardirallus maculatus Report on ITIS

Vernacular names
English: Spotted Rail
Português: Saracura-pedrês

The Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras. Its natural habitat is swamps.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. Pardirallus maculatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

External links

* Image at ADW
* Spotted Rail videos, photos, and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection