Birds of Brazil

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Laterallus (6 species, 13 worldwide)


Grey-breasted Crake
Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis)
Arari, Maranhão, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Black-banded Crake
Black-banded Crake (Laterallus fasciatus)
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.

Rufous with brown wings and wide black bands on belly. Lowland species with some records in foothills. Prefers dense flooded grasslands (Beckers).

Yellow-breasted Crake
Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer woodi)
Medio Queso, Los Chiles, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



Red-and-white Crake
Red-and-white Crake (Laterallus leucopyrrhus)
Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Note red legs and uniform red head and flank color compared to Rufous-sided Crake with grey head and olive legs.
Browner bird (immature?)

Rufous-sided Crake
Rufous-sided Crake (Laterallus melanophaius melanophaius)
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  Note contrasting flank and head colors compared to Red-and-white Crake, and brownish olive legs. White-throated Crake is missing red flanks.
   
Photograph by Cláudio D. Timm     Copyright and usage info

A typical crake with a typical slurred rattle song. About half the size of a gallinule or coot.

Rufous-faced Crake
Rufous-faced Crake (Laterallus xenopterus) Vulnerable
Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.



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