Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis) - HBW 3, p. 157
French: Râle à menton blanc
German: Weißkehlralle
Spanish: Polluela Carrasqueadora
Taxonomy: Corethrura albigularis Lawrence, 1861, Atlantic side of Isthmus of Panama.
Sometimes considered conspecific with L. melanophaius, which replaces present species E of Andes; however, may be closer to L. exilis. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cinereiceps (Lawrence, 1875) - SE Honduras and Caribbean slope of Nicaragua through Costa Rica to NW Panama (W Veraguas).
- albigularis (Lawrence, 1861) - Pacific lowlands of SW Costa Rica (Gulf of Nicoya) through Panama and N & W Colombia to W Ecuador.
- cerdaleus Wetmore, 1958 - E Colombia (Córdoba to Santa Marta region).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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White-troated Crake feeding in pond at Tinalandia Lodge Locality Tinalandia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 6 September 2008 2 years ago 10 sec 3.6 -
A bird preening under the vegetation Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp albigularis)
Dave Jackson 9 April 2007 4 years ago 17 sec 2.6 -
A bird bathing behind some leaves Locality Canopy Lodge, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp albigularis)
Dave Jackson 9 April 2007 4 years ago 11 sec 2.5
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Couple singing
Locality Hacienda La Zuliana, Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 2 May 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
At the Gamboa Ponds. There where two calling at each others face.
Locality Gamboa, Panama Province, Panama
Octavio Rios 17 February 2011 51 weeks ago 3 -
White-throated Crake in pond at Tinalandia Lodge
Locality Tinalandia, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 8 September 2008 2 years ago 3 -
the only known population in Venezuela discovered in 2007, appears to be more similar to ssp albigularis than cerdaleus of adjac
Locality Campo Boscán, Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela
john kvarnbäck 17 April 2010 1 year ago 2.4 -
Adult bird.
Locality San Antero, Córdoba Department, Colombia (Monotypic species)
Carlos Ruiz.- Guerra 16 March 2010 1 year ago 2
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calls Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp albigularis)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 20 December 2009 2 years ago 4
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