Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea) - HBW 3, p. 176
French: Râle de Cayenne
German: Cayenneralle
Spanish: Cotara Chiricote
Other common names: Cayenne Wood-rail
Taxonomy: Fulica Cajanea P. L. S. Müller, 1776, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Genus sometimes merged into Eulabeornis. The form labelled as “A. gutturalis”, known only from a single specimen from Lima, Peru, is a poorly prepared specimen of present species. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mexicanus Bangs, 1907 - S Mexico.
- albiventris Lawrence, 1867 - Yucatán to Belize and N Guatemala.
- vanrossemi Dickey, 1929 - S Mexico (Oaxaca) to S Guatemala and El Salvador.
- mexicanus Bangs, 1907 - S Mexico.
- albiventris Lawrence, 1867 - Yucatán to Belize and N Guatemala.
- vanrossemi Dickey, 1929 - S Mexico (Oaxaca) to S Guatemala and El Salvador.
- pacificus A. H. Miller & Griscom, 1921 - Caribbean slope of Honduras, and Nicaragua.
- plumbeicollis Zeledon, 1888 - NE Costa Rica.
- latens Bangs & Penard, 1918 - San Miguel and Viveros (Pearl Is, Panama).
- morrisoni Wetmore, 1946 - San José and Pedro González (Pearl Is, Panama).
- cajanea (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) - Costa Rica to Colombia, E through Venezuela and Trinidad to Brazil, and S to N Argentina and Uruguay.
- Least Concern
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A bird singing and another one doing the same on the background Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (ssp cajanea)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 2 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird taking a bath Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp cajanea)
Scott Olmstead 17 February 2008 2 years ago 30 sec 4.2 -
Adult foraging in wetland Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Jaguar Preserve), Stann Creek District, Belize (ssp albiventris)
Wayne Hall 7 February 2008 1 year ago 1 min 14 sec 4 -
An adult individual walking on the ground, looking for food, then flying away Curicaca Wildlife Preservation Area, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil (ssp cajanea)
Alex García 31 March 2006 2 years ago 28 sec 3.9 -
A wary bird standing on a footpath. Tikal National Park, Petén, Guatemala (ssp albiventris)
Pieter de Groot Bo... 5 August 2005 3 years ago 30 sec 3.8 -
A bird foraging near the water Hato Piñero, Cojedes, Venezuela (ssp cajanea)
David Ascanio 28 February 2006 3 years ago 30 sec 3.8
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Individual stepping out of a swamp. Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (ssp Cajanea)
Santiago Meligeni ... 8 June 2010 11 weeks ago 4 -
Grey-necked Wood-rail. Rara Avis Lodge, Las Horquetas, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp plumbeicollis)
Hans Hillewaert 10 August 2009 24 weeks ago 4 -
A large and subtly attractive forest rail. Rincon de la Vieja, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp cajanea)
Steve Garvie 16 July 2008 28 weeks ago 4 -
Male El Palmar National Park, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (ssp cajanea)
Horacio Luna 17 June 2010 9 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird Walking Zoológico de Cali, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
mauricio rueda 8 August 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
finding food Transpantaneira Road, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Juan Carlos Marín 29 August 2008 1 year ago 3.7
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One bird in a marsh. Mata do Estado, São Vicente Férrer, Pernambuco, Brazil
(ssp cajanea)
Ciro Albano 20 March 2009 1 year ago 4
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