Speckled rail

The speckled rail (Coturnicops notatus), also called speckled crake, is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. 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.

Speckled rail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Coturnicops
Species:
C. notatus
Binomial name
Coturnicops notatus
(Gould, 1841)

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Coturnicops notatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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