Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus) - HBW 3, p. 192
French: Râle tacheté
German: Fleckenralle
Spanish: Rascón Overo
Taxonomy: Rallus maculatus Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Sometimes placed in Rallus. Possible race inoptatus of W Cuba included in nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- insolitus (Bangs & Peck, 1908) - Mexico to Costa Rica.
- maculatus (Boddaert, 1783) - W Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago; Colombia E to the Guianas and E Brazil, and S to Peru and Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds alert Locality Dr Alvarenga's private collection, Taubaté, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp maculatus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2005 5 years ago 29 sec 4.2 -
A close-up of a bird on the ground Locality Dr Alvarenga's private collection, Taubaté, São Paulo State, Brazil (ssp maculatus)
Josep del Hoyo 29 January 2005 5 years ago 42 sec 4.2 -
an adult feeding Locality Punta Indio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Ulises Ornstein 24 October 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 3.3 -
A juvenile feeding and walking on an earth dyke near grasses. Locality Tocumen Marshes, Panama Province, Panama (ssp maculatus)
Charlotte Elton 25 March 2008 3 years ago 15 sec 2.8 -
An adult individual feeding a juvenil Locality Punta Indio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Ulises Ornstein 24 October 2010 1 year ago 1 min 1 sec 2.6
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An adult individual
Locality Punta Indio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Ulises Ornstein 24 October 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
An adult
Locality Punta Indio, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Ulises Ornstein 24 October 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
Emerging from the rice field
Locality Cajamarca Department, Peru
Chris and Megan Perkins 16 November 2011 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.2 -
One bird along the main road along marshes.
Locality Tocumen Marshes, Panama Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 31 March 2008 1 year ago 2.3
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