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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4.3
A bird swimmin...
Argentina, Nov 2012
Martin Manassero
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4.3
Bird foraging ...
Uruguay, Jul 2012
Antonio Silveira
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4.3
A bird feeding...
Colombia, Oct 2012
Keith Blomerley
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3.9
A bird swimmin...
Chile, Oct 2003
Josep del Hoyo
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2.3
Just before th...
Brazil, Dec 2006
Yoel Jimenez
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4.5
adult feeding
Argentina, Jan 2013
Horacio Luna
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4.2
Spot-flanked G...
Argentina, Jul 2010
Silvia Vitale
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4.2
Adult on float...
Argentina, Jan 2011
Hernán Tolosa
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4
Adult
Argentina, Dec 2009
Silvia Vitale
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4
Adult foraging...
Argentina, Jul 2010
Santiago Meligeni Lozano
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3.5
Oserved in the...
Colombia, Jul 2012
Pedro Arturo Camargo Mart...
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