Red-and-white Crake - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Ribeirão Grande, SP, Brasil, July, 2018

Laterallus leucopyrrhus

Identification

14–16cm (5½-6¼ in)

• Chestnut head, nape and upper back
• White underparts
• Black and white barred flanks
  

Sexes similar

Distribution

Photo © by COLOMBIA Birding
Intervales, Brazil, October 2013

South America: found in marshes of south-eastern Brazil to Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Lowland marshes in dense tussocky areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Not well recorded. They appear to eat arthropods and insects, which they forage for on the ground in leaf litter.

Breeding

They are a monogamous species. They adults construct a round nest from grass; it has a side entrance.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-and-white Crake. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-and-white_Crake

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