Birds of the World - Pardirallus


Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus insolitus) Range: MA, SA: widespread, also Caribbean Finca Las Trancas, Liberia, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus maculatus) Range: MA, SA: widespread, also Caribbean Jamundi, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Has adapted to rice fields.


Blackish Rail (Pardirallus nigricans caucae) Range: SA: w Amazonia, e, se Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Secretive in tall grass, and generally only heard. May leave grass at dusk or dawn.
Two birds interacting.


Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus simonsi) Range: SA: s, w Mejia Wetlands, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Brown immature.

© 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