Aramides
| Aramides | |
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| Grey-cowled wood rail, Aramides cajaneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aramides Pucheran, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Fulica cayennensis[1] Gmelin, 1789 | |
| Species | |
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Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
It contains the following 8 species:[2]
| Image | Common name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Little wood rail | Aramides mangle | Brazil. |
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Rufous-necked wood rail | Aramides axillaris | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
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Grey-cowled wood rail | Aramides cajaneus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. |
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Russet-naped wood rail | Aramides albiventris | southern Mexico to Costa Rica. |
| Brown wood rail | Aramides wolfi | Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru. | |
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Giant wood rail | Aramides ypecaha | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
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Slaty-breasted wood rail | Aramides saracura | Brazil and eastern Paraguay. |
| Red-winged wood rail | Aramides calopterus | Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. |
There is also a doubtful species:
- Red-throated wood rail, Aramides gutturalis - extinct (20th century?)
References
- ^ "Rallidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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