Neotropical Marshland Rails
Pardirallus
Pardirallus is a genus of bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It contains three species found in marshland in South and Central America and the West Indies. They are 25–38 cm long and have a long greenish bill and reddish legs. The spotted rail is blackish-brown with white markings while the other two are brown above and dark grey below.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Plumbeous Rail
speciesPardirallus sanguinolentus
Blackish Rail
speciesPardirallus nigricans
Spotted Rail
speciesPardirallus maculatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 289.