Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
Uniform Crake (Amaurolimnas concolor) - HBW 3, p. 177
French: Râle concolore
German: Einfarbralle
Spanish: Cotara Café
Taxonomy: Rallus concolor Gosse, 1847, Jamaica.
Sometimes included, with Aramides, in Eulabeornis. Possibly derived from Aramides stock, and has identical bill structure to the smaller Aramides species. Nominate concolor of Jamaica recently extinct. Two extant subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- guatemalensis (Lawrence, 1863) - S Mexico S to Ecuador.
- castaneus (Pucheran, 1851) - Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, E Peru and E Bolivia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging in a swampy patch of forest Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp guatemalensis)
monicayhector 5 April 2007 2 years ago 41 sec 2.6
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A bird that was foraging with a Grey-chested Dove in a swampy patch of forest
Locality Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp guatemalensis)
monicayhector 5 April 2007 2 years ago 2
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Song of adult. Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(ssp guatemalensis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 3 August 2011 27 weeks ago 4.3
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