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.