Paint-billed crake
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Neocrex |
| Species: | N. erythrops
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| Binomial name | |
| Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, 1867)
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| Range (note: distribution on Trinidad and Tobago, Central America, and the Galapagos is missing.) | |
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Mustelirallus erythrops | |
The paint-billed crake (Neocrex erythrops) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
Taxonomy and etymology[]
Its name derives from its bright red beak.[2]
Description[]
It is small, measuring 18 to 20 centimetres (7.1 to 7.9 in) on average.[2] One was captured having a wingspan of around 200mm, a tarsus of 28mm and weighing in at 43 grams[3]
Distribution[]
The paint-billed crake is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. There is one record of the bird in the United States. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, and pastureland.
Behaviour[]
It is nocturnal, active primarily during the night,[2] and does not respond to playback.[4]
Breeding[]
It builds its nest on the ground, under the protection of vegetation in grassy fields.[2] The paint-bellied crake lays a clutch of three to seven eggs that are coloured creamy buff and have large, reddish blotches near the blunt end of the egg. The egg is incubated for a period of 24 days, with the parent sitting on the nest, thus camouflaging the nest.[2]
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Neocrex erythrops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692760A93368173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692760A93368173.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Hauber, Mark E. (1 August 2014). The Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World's Bird Species. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-226-05781-1.
- ^ Osborn, David; Beissinger, Steven R. (1979). "Paint-Billed Crake in Guyana". The Auk. 96 (2): 425. doi:10.1093/auk/96.2.425 (inactive 31 October 2021). Retrieved 2019-10-22.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2021 (link)
- ^ Dvorak, Michael (June 2017). "Conservation Status of Landbirds on Floreana: the Smallest Inhabited Galapagos Island". Journal of Field Ornithology. 88: 132–145. doi:10.1111/jofo.12197.
External links[]
- Associação Mãe-da-lua Paint-billed crake (Mustelirallus erythrops) - Photos and notes
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Neocrex
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Colombia
- Birds of Venezuela
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of Peru
- Birds of Bolivia
- Birds of Paraguay
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of the Caatinga
- Birds of the Atlantic Forest
- Birds of the Caribbean
- Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
- Galápagos Islands coastal fauna
- Birds described in 1867
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
- Gruiformes stubs