Aramides

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Gruiformes

Familia: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides
Species: A. albiventris – A. axillaris – A. cajaneus – A. calopterus – A. mangle – A. saracura – A. wolfi – A. ypecaha

Name

Aramides Pucheran, 1845
Typus

Fulica cajanea Statius Müller, 1776, = Aramides cajaneus

References

Revue Zoologique 8: 277.

Vernacular names
English: Wood Rails

Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

It contains the following 8 species:[1]

Image	Common name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	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:

Red-throated wood rail, Aramides gutturalis - extinct (20th century?)

References

Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.