Chestnut-headed crake

The chestnut-headed crake (Rufirallus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.[2] It is found throughout the Peruvian Amazon Basin and neighboring areas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

Chestnut-headed crake

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Rufirallus
Sharpe, 1893
Species:
R. castaneiceps
Binomial name
Rufirallus castaneiceps
(Sclater & Salvin, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Rufirallus castaneiceps

Description

It is chestnut-coloured with a paler throat and a dark brown back.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Rufirallus castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.


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