Mustelirallus

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Mustelirallus
PorzanaErythropsSmit.jpg
Neocrex erythrops erythrops P.L.Sclater, 1867 from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1867, plate XXI)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Tribe: Pardirallini
Genus: Mustelirallus
Bonaparte, 1856
Synonyms

Mustelirallus is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae. The birds are indigenous to the Neotropics, with one species endemic to Cuba. The type species is ash-throated crake.

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Species

It contains the following species: [1]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Mustelirallus colombianus Colombian crake Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama
Neocrex erythrops - Paint-billed Crake; Arari; Maranhao, Brazil.jpg Mustelirallus erythrops Paint-billed crake Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Ash-throated Crake.jpg Mustelirallus albicollis Ash-throated crake Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guianas, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Cyanolimnas cerverai by Allan Brooks cropped.jpg Mustelirallus cerverai Zapata rail Endemic to the Zapata Peninsula in Cuba.

References

  1. Gill, F; Donsker, D; Rasmussen, P, eds. (2023). IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2 (inactive 1 November 2024).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)