Birds of Venezuela

○   ←   GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)   →
Genus: Rallus (2 species, 14 worldwide)


Mangrove Rail
Mangrove Rail (Rallus longirostris crassirostris)
Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.
Formerly considered a race of the Clapper Rail. As seen from the latin name, note longer bill.

Plain-flanked Rail
Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei) Endangered ENDEMIC
Tucacas, Falcón , Venezuela   		   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.


© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba