Biology:Mustelirallus

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Short description: Genus of birds


Mustelirallus
PorzanaErythropsSmit.jpg
Neocrex erythrops erythrops P.L.Sclater, 1867 from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (vol. 1867, plate XXI)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Tribe: Pardirallini
Genus: Mustelirallus
Bonaparte, 1856
Synonyms
  • Neocrex P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869
  • Cyanolimnas Barbour & Peters, 1927

Mustelirallus is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae. The birds are indigenous to the Neotropics, with one species endemic to Cuba. The type species is ash-throated crake.

Species

It contains the following species:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Mustelirallus colombianus Colombian crake Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama
Neocrex erythrops - Paint-billed Crake; Arari; Maranhão, Brazil.jpg Mustelirallus erythrops Paint-billed crake Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Ash-throated Crake.jpg Mustelirallus albicollis Ash-throated crake Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guianas, Brazil , Bolivia and Paraguay.
Neocrex erythrops - Paint-billed Crake; Arari; Maranhão, Brazil.jpg Mustelirallus cerverai Zapata rail Endemic to the Zapata Peninsula in Cuba.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19598017 entry