Bogota Rail - BirdForum Opus

Rallus semiplumbeus

Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Tomine, Nr Bogota, Colombia, March 2006

Identification

25 cm

• Olive brown
• Black streaked upperparts
• Rufous shoulders
• Grey sides to face to belly
• Pale throat
• Black flanks with white bands
• Dull red bill and legs

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia and Peru.

Taxonomy

Austral Rail (R. antarcticus) was formerly included within Bogota Rail.

Subspecies¹

• R. s. semiplumbeus:

• Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)

• R. s. peruvianus:

• One 1886 record from an unknown location in Peru

Habitat

High-altitude grassland, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes, 2,500-4,000 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes aquatic invertebrates, insect larvae, worms, molluscs, dead fish, frogs, tadpoles and plant material.

Breeding

They nest in reed beds adjoining shallow water.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bogota Rail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bogota_Rail

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