Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Aramides (8 species)


Russet-naped Wood Rail
Russet-naped Wood Rail (Aramides albiventris albiventris)
Range: MA: e Mexico to ne Costa Rica
Belize  
   
Photograph by Danny Bales   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the similar Grey-cowled Wood Rail, and found northward from north Costa Rica. Note rufous nape.

Rufous-necked Wood Rail
Rufous-necked Wood Rail (Aramides axillaris)
Range: MA, SA: Mexico to Ecuador, Belize and n SA
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-cowled Wood Rail
Grey-cowled Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Argentina
Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Cowled. The most common rail in its range, and open seen popping briefly out of the marsh, or forest near water. Once called Grey-necked Wood Rail.

Red-winged Wood Rail
Red-winged Wood Rail (Aramides calopterus)
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Rio Bigal, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Ricardo Nieto   © All Rights Reserved.

Not that different from common Grey-cowled Wood Rail but note wings more red/rufous and note red nape. Prefers seasonally flooded igapó (blackwater-flooded) forest, and otherwise found along streams (HBW).

Little Wood Rail
Little Wood Rail (Aramides mangle)
Range: SA: e Brazil
Pernambuco, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Often found in mangroves.

Slaty-breasted Wood Rail
Slaty-breasted Wood Rail (Aramides saracura)
Range: SA: se Brazil to e Paraguay and ne Argentina
Iguazu National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Brown Wood Rail
Brown Wood Rail (Aramides wolfi) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare and local in coastal mangrove habitat.

Giant Wood Rail
Giant Wood Rail (Aramides ypecaha)
Range: SA: e Paraguay to se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina
Ibera Wetlands, Carlos Pellegrini, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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