Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 22 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
- Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii
- Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Red-and-white Crake Laterallus leucopyrrhus
- Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus (A)
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
- Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura
- Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer
- Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay