Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans) - HBW 3, p. 192
French: Râle noirâtre
German: Trauerralle
Spanish: Rascón Negruzco
Taxonomy: Rallus nigricans Vieillot, 1819, Paraguay.
Sometimes placed in Rallus, or referred to genus Ortygonax. In past sometimes regarded as conspecific with P. sanguinolentus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caucae (Conover, 1949) - SW Colombia (Cauca Valley S to Nariño).
- nigricans (Vieillot, 1819) - E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia, W, SC & E Brazil, Paraguay and extreme NE Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding in a marsh Locality Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 6 years ago 21 sec 3.9 -
A bird in a marsh, feeding around a wooden structure Locality Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil (ssp nigricans)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 6 years ago 45 sec 3.6
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A bird in a marsh.
Locality Brasília National Park, Federal District, Brazil (ssp nigricans)
Ciro Albano 19 July 2005 3 years ago 3.8 -
Individual adult male.
Locality Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil
Bruno Salaroli 21 January 2010 10 weeks ago 3.4 -
A pair of birds.
Locality Tatama National Park, Colombia (ssp caucae)
Ken Havard 5 July 2011 35 weeks ago 3.3
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Duet. Locality Uniao dos Palmares, Alagoas State, Brazil
(ssp nigricans)
Ciro Albano 12 August 2007 3 years ago 4
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