Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) - HBW 3, p. 158
French: Râle noir
German: Schieferralle
Spanish: Polluela Negruzca
Taxonomy: Rallus jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789, Jamaica.
Distinctive race tuerosi sometimes treated as separate species. Five subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coturniculus (Ridgway, 1874) - California and Baja California.
- jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) - E USA and E Central America; winters from S USA to Guatemala and Greater Antilles.
- murivagans (Riley, 1916) - coastal Peru.
- coturniculus (Ridgway, 1874) - California and Baja California.
- jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1789) - E USA and E Central America; winters from S USA to Guatemala and Greater Antilles.
- murivagans (Riley, 1916) - coastal Peru.
- tuerosi Fjeldså, 1983 - L Junín, Peru.
- salinasi (Philippi, 1857) - C Chile and extreme W Argentina.
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Often considered a separate species Junin Rail (Laterallus tuerosi)
Locality Ondores, Junín National Reserve, Peru (ssp tuersoi)
Simon Mitchell 1 August 2006 1 year ago 3.6
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