Speckled rail
| Speckled rail | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Coturnicops |
| Species: | C. notatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Coturnicops notatus (Gould, 1841) | |
The speckled rail (Coturnicops notatus), also called speckled crake, is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps and pastureland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Coturnicops notatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.