Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Mustelirallus (4 species)


Ash-throated Crake
Ash-throated Crake (Mustelirallus albicollis typhoeca)
Range: SA: n, sc, se
French Guiana  
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © All Rights Reserved.


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Zapata Rail (Mustelirallus cerverai)
Range: NA: Cuba
   



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Colombian Crake (Mustelirallus colombianus)
Range: MA, SA: Panama to Ecuador
   


Similar to Paint-billed Crake, but without black and white barred vent and flanks, and much less brightly colored red base of bill (HBW).

Paint-billed Crake
Paint-billed Crake (Mustelirallus erythrops olivascens)
Range: SA: widespread
Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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