Dot winged crake

The dot-winged crake (Porzana spiloptera) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. Despite its visual similarities, it probably does not belong to the genus Porzana; like the Yellow-breasted crake, which was variously placed in Hapalocrex, Micropygia, Poliolimnas or Porzana, it seems to form a badly-resolved complex with the mainly Neotropical crakes of genera Anurolimnas, Coturnicops and Laterallus.

It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.