| Aramides | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Grey-cowled wood rail, Aramides cajaneus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aramides Pucheran, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Fulica cayennensis [1] Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
see text | |
Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
It contains the following 8 species: [2]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Little wood rail | Aramides mangle | Brazil. |
 | Rufous-necked wood rail | Aramides axillaris | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
 | Grey-cowled wood rail | Aramides cajaneus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. |
 | Russet-naped wood rail | Aramides albiventris | southern Mexico to Costa Rica. |
| Brown wood rail | Aramides wolfi | Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru. | |
 | Giant wood rail | Aramides ypecaha | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
 | Slaty-breasted wood rail | Aramides saracura | Brazil and eastern Paraguay. |
| Red-winged wood rail | Aramides calopterus | Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. | |
There is also a doubtful species:
- Red-throated wood rail, Aramides gutturalis - extinct (20th century?)
