Red-winged wood rail

The red-winged wood rail (Aramides calopterus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.[2][3] It is found in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.[4]

Red-winged wood rail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides
Species:
A. calopterus
Binomial name
Aramides calopterus

Taxonomy and systematics

The red-winged wood rail is monotypic.[2]

Description

The red-winged wood rail is 31 to 35 cm (12 to 14 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults have a yellow-green bill, a red eye, and coral red legs and feet. The front of their face and their breast and belly are dark gray, with a white throat. The rest of their face, the sides of their neck, and the upperwing coverts are bright rufous. Their back is brownish olive and their rump, tail, and undertail coverts are black.[5][6]

Distribution and habitat

The red-winged wood rail is found in the western Amazon basin, in eastern Ecuador, north- and central eastern Peru, and the western part of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It inhabits seasonally flooded igapó forest and other forest types along streams.[6]

Behavior

Nothing is known about the red-winged wood rail's movements, foraging methods and diet, and breeding biology. As of late 2022 xeno-canto had three recordings of its call and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library had only one.[6]

Status

The IUCN has assessed the red-winged wood rail as being of Least Concern, though it has a somewhat limited range and an unknown population size that is believed to be decreasing. No immediate threats are known.[1] It is seldom seen and its status in most of its range is unknown. "In view of its scarcity in some areas, its restricted distribution in threatened habitats and the lack of knowledge of its natural history, [the] species should be classified as a Data Deficient species."[6]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Red-winged Wood-rail Aramides calopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692596A93360502. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692596A93360502.en. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Finfoots, flufftails, rails, trumpeters, cranes, Limpkin". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  3. HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022
  4. Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South American Countries and Territories. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm retrieved July 24, 2022
  5. Ridgely, Robert S.; Greenfield, Paul J. (2001). The Birds of Ecuador: Field Guide. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8721-7.
  6. Taylor, B. (2020). Red-winged Wood-Rail (Aramides calopterus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.rwwrai1.01 retrieved October 15, 2022
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