Aramides

Aramides
Grey-cowled wood rail, Aramides cajaneus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides
Pucheran, 1845
Type species
Fulica cayennensis
Gmelin, 1789
Species

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Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

It contains the following 8 species:

ImageCommon nameScientific NameDistribution
Little wood railAramides mangleBrazil.
Rufous-necked wood railAramides axillarisBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Grey-cowled wood railAramides cajaneusArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Russet-naped wood railAramides albiventrissouthern Mexico to Costa Rica.
Brown wood railAramides wolfiColombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru.
Giant wood railAramides ypecahaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Slaty-breasted wood railAramides saracuraBrazil and eastern Paraguay.
Red-winged wood railAramides calopterusBrazil, Ecuador and Peru.


There is also a doubtful species:

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