Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) - HBW 3, p. 192
French: Râle à bec peint
German: Goldschnabel-Sumpfhuhn
Spanish: Polluela Picopinta
Taxonomy: Porzana erythrops P. L. Sclater, 1867, Lima, Peru.
Sometimes placed in Porzana. Forms superspecies with N. colombianus, and sometimes considered conspecific, but differs in plumage and in bill structure. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- olivascens Chubb, 1917 - E Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas through C & E Brazil to N & E Bolivia, NW Argentina and Paraguay; also Costa Rica and Panama, where status unclear.
- erythrops (P. L. Sclater, 1867) - coastal Peru, and Galapagos Is (Santa Cruz and Santa María).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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One bird.
Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 13 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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a pair after play-back. Locality Mãe-da-Lua Reserve, Itapajé, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp olivascens)
Ciro Albano 12 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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