Colombian Crake - BirdForum Opus

Mustelirallus colombiana

Neocrex colombiana

Identification

19cm

• Brownish-olive upperparts, hindneck, flanks
• Slate-grey crown, sides of head, underparts
• White throat
• Pale unbarred buff rear abdomen and undertail coverts

Similar species

Paint-billed Crake is barred on the rear underside

Distribution

Central and South America: found in central Panama to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Formerly lumped within Paint-billed Crake (N. erythrops).
Placed in genus Mustelirallus by Clements.

Subspecies¹

• M. c. ripleyi:

• Caribbean lowlands of Panama and adjacent north-western Colombia

• M. c. colombiana:

• Santa Marta Mountains of north-eastern Colombia to coastal north-western Ecuador

Habitat

Wetlands, pastures and forest edges. Found at heights up to 2,100m.

Behaviour

Nearly unknown: birds in breeding condition has been encountered in January.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Angehr, G.R. and R. Dean 2010. The birds of Panama - a field guide. A Zona Tropical Publication. ISBN 978-0-8014-7674-7
3. A Guide to the Birds of Colombia
4. Taylor, B. and C.J. Sharpe (2020). Colombian Crake (Mustelirallus colombianus), 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.colcra2.01

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Colombian Crake. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Colombian_Crake

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