Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Ash-throated Crake (Porzana albicollis) - HBW 3, p. 186
French: Marouette plombée
German: Wieselsumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Turura
Other common names: White-necked/White-throated Crake
Taxonomy: Rallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819, Paraguay.
Race olivacea includes proposed race typhoeca. Two specimens from extreme SE Peru are as large as albicollis but show plumage characters of olivacea. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- olivacea (Vieillot, 1819) - Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad to the Guianas and extreme N Brazil.
- albicollis (Vieillot, 1819) - E & S Brazil, N & E Bolivia, Paraguay and extreme N Argentina; probably this race in SE Peru.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A wary bird at the edge of a sandy road, eventually crossing it. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 22 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird at the edge of a sandy road, and then crossing it. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 21 weeks ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird crossing a sandy road. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 21 weeks ago 8 sec 3.7 -
A wary bird walking, foraging and ruffling it's feathers along a sandy road. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 21 weeks ago 46 sec 3 -
A bird walking along the edge of a sandy road. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 21 weeks ago 44 sec 3 -
A bird crossing a sandy road, with my tape in the background. Locality Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 27 July 2011 22 weeks ago 10 sec 3
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Individual adult male.
Locality Jataí, Goiás State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 30 October 2010 11 weeks ago 4 -
Couple picking parasites from each other's head
Locality Anton de Kom University, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp olivacea)
erikat 3 March 2011 1 year ago 3
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Song. Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
(ssp albicollis)
Nick Athanas 7 April 2005 2 years ago 0
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