Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)

Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) - HBW 3, p. 169

French: Râle austral German: Magellanralle Spanish: Rascón Pidén

Taxonomy: Rallus Antarcticus King, 1828, Straits of Magellan.
Sometimes regarded as conspecific with R. limicola or R. semiplumbeus, with both of which forms superspecies. Monotypic.

Distribution: C Chile and N Argentina patchily S to Tierra del Fuego.