Ocellated crake
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Species: | M. schomburgkii
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| Micropygia schomburgkii (Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848)
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The ocellated crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and recently, a small population was found in Argentina.[2] Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Micropygia schomburgkii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692282A95217088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692282A95217088.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bodrati, Alejandro; Lammertink, Martjan (September 2020). "Notes on a population of Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) in Misiones province: a new rail for Argentina". Ornithology Research. 28 (3): 185–190. doi:10.1007/s43388-020-00026-x. ISSN 2662-673X.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Rallidae
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Bolivian Amazon
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of the Colombian Amazon
- Birds of the Venezuelan Coastal Range
- Birds described in 1848
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