Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Spot-flanked Gallinule (Gallinula melanops) - HBW 3, p. 204
French: Gallinule à face noire
German: Maskenpfuhlhuhn
Spanish: Gallineta Pintada
Other common names: Little Waterhen
Taxonomy: Rallus melanops Vieillot, 1819, Paraguay.
Sometimes placed in Porphyriops. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bogotensis (Chapman, 1914) - E Andes of Colombia.
- melanops (Vieillot, 1819) - E Bolivia and Paraguay, E & S Brazil to extreme NE Argentina and Uruguay.
- crassirostris (J. E. Gray, 1829) - Chile and Argentina, except extreme S.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird swimming in Laguna La Picasa. Locality Rufino, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Martin Manassero 11 November 2012 31 weeks ago 38 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding along the edge of a pool then climbing out of the water. Locality Guasca, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp bogotensis)
Keith Blomerley 27 October 2012 23 weeks ago 23 sec 4.3 -
Bird foraging on a floating vegetation in the juncal, in the lagoon. Locality Laguna del Diario, Maldonado, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
Antonio Silveira 24 July 2012 45 weeks ago 58 sec 4.3 -
A bird swimming on a lake Locality Laguna de Torca, Chile (ssp crassirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 12 October 2003 9 years ago 23 sec 3.9 -
Just before the reserve. Locality Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve, Brazil
Yoel Jimenez 5 December 2006 3 years ago 22 sec 2.3
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This juvenile was feeding alongside a Plumbeous Rail.
Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile
Miriam Bauman 7 February 2012 1 year ago 3.4 -
A bird feeding.
Locality Estero Maitencillo, Valparaiso Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 19 March 2011 2 years ago 3.2 -
It is a species espectable in the National Park always near reed-beds where to the minor sign of danger it shelters
Locality Pre-Delta National Park, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (ssp melanops)
Horacio Luna 2 July 2009 3 years ago 3 -
A bird on a lake.
Locality Sopó, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp bogotensis)
mauricio rueda 2 February 2008 4 years ago 3 -
Bird on a lake.
Locality Sopó, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp bogotensis)
mauricio rueda 2 February 2008 4 years ago 3 -
on a small pond
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
oleicfrisbee 1 year ago 2.8
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