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Rufous naped wood rail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Rallidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Gruiformes

Genus
  
Aramides

Rufous-naped wood rail

The rufous-naped wood rail or russet-naped wood rail (Aramides albiventris) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It lives primarily in forests and mangroves of Central America.

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Description

The rufous-naped wood rail measures 38 cm (15 in) long and weighs 460 g (16 oz). The upperparts are olive green to dark brown. The head and neck are medium-grey, blending into a brown patch at the back of the head. The eyes are red. The chest and flanks are rufous. The belly, rump and tail are black. Legs are coral-red. Males and females are similar. Immatures are similar to adults but belly sooty-black, flecked with buff. It used to be considered a subspecies of the grey-necked wood rail.

Subspecies

  • A. a. mexicanus — Bangs, 1907 — in southern Mexico
  • A. a. albiventris — Lawrence, 1867 — from the Yucatán to Belize and into Northern Guatemala
  • A. a. vanrossemi — Dickey, 1929 — from southern Mexico (Oaxaca) to southern Guatemala and into El Salvador
  • A. a. pacificus — A. H. Miller & Griscom, 1921 — on the Caribbean slope of Honduras and Nicaragua
  • A. a. plumbeicollis — Zeledon, 1888 — in north-east Costa Rica

    • Distribution and habitat

    It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and swamps.

    References

    Rufous-naped wood rail Wikipedia
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