Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Gruiformes > Rallidae > Laterallus

Laterallus (black rails)

Synonyms: Donacophilus; Laterirallus

Wikipedia Abstract

Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the black rail, also occurs in the United States.
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Species

Laterallus albigularis (White-throated Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus exilis (Grey-breasted Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus jamaicensis (Black Rail) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Laterallus leucopyrrhus (Red-and-white Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus levraudi (Rusty-flanked Crake) (Vulnerable)
Laterallus melanophaius (Rufous-sided Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus ruber (Ruddy Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus spilonota <Unverified Name> (Vulnerable)
Laterallus spilonotus (Galapagos Crake) (Attributes)
Laterallus spilopterus <Unverified Name> (Vulnerable)
Laterallus tuerosi (Junin crake) (Endangered)
Laterallus xenopterus (Rufous-faced Crake) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0