Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Dot-winged Crake (Porzana spiloptera) - HBW 3, p. 186
French: Marouette maillée
German: Fleckensumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Overa
Other common names: Dot-winged Rail
Taxonomy: Porzana spiloptera Durnford, 1877, Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sometimes placed in genus Laterallus. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Uruguay and N Argentina.
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One of two birds coming out of thick vegetation at the edge of the road.
Locality Punta Rasa, San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 March 2005 2 years ago 4.2
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