Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Colombian Crake (Neocrex colombianus) - HBW 3, p. 191
French: Râle de Colombie
German: Kolumbiensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Colombiana
Taxonomy: Neocrex colombianus Bangs, 1898, Palomino, Santa Marta, Colombia.
Sometimes placed in Porzana. Forms superspecies with N. erythrops, and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and in bill structure. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ripleyi Wetmore, 1967 - C Panama and NW Colombia.
- colombianus Bangs, 1898 - N & W Colombia and W Ecuador.
- Data Deficient
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