Spotted Rail

Taxobox
name = Spotted Rail


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Gruiformes
familia = Rallidae
genus = "Pardirallus"
species = "P. maculatus"
binomial = "Pardirallus maculatus"
binomial_authority = (Boddaert, 1783)
synonyms = The Spotted Rail ("Pardirallus maculatus") is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras.Its natural habitat is swamps.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48988/all Pardirallus maculatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.