| Junin Crake | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Laterallus |
| Species: | L. tuerosi |
| Binomial name | |
| Laterallus tuerosi Fjeldså, 1983 |
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The Junin Crake or Junin Rail (Laterallus tuerosi) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It has sometimes considered a distinctive subspecies of the Black Rail (L. jamaicensis). The Junín Rail is, as suggested by its common name, endemic to marshy habitats around Lake Junín in west-central Peru. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Junin Flightless Grebe, another highly endangered species, is restricted to the same lake.