Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei) - HBW 3, p. 168
French: Râle de Wetmore
German: Wetmoreralle
Spanish: Rascón de Wetmore
Other common names: Wetmore's Rail
Taxonomy: Rallus wetmorei Zimmer and Phelps, 1944, La Ciénaga, Aragua, Venezuela.
Suggested to be conspecific with R. longirostris, but ranges overlap. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal N Venezuela.
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Interaction of Plain-flanked Rail with Clapper Rail. Locality Morrocoy National Park, Falcón State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Peter Boesman 8 August 2000 2 years ago 2 min 4.3 -
A poor view of a bird walking in dense vegetation Locality Morrocoy National Park, Falcón State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Garry George 30 June 2004 4 years ago 7 sec 2.8
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Close-up of the head of bird in mangrove
Locality Morrocoy National Park, Falcón State, Venezuela (Monotypic species)
Mikko Pyhälä 22 May 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Dark morph of this specie.
Locality La Ciénaga de Ocumare, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
Dilia E. Garcia 16 September 2007 2 years ago 2.5 -
A dark morph of this specie.
Locality La Ciénaga de Ocumare, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
Dilia E. Garcia 16 September 2007 2 years ago 2.5
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