Laterallus
| Laterallus | |
|---|---|
| Black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Laterallus Gray, G.R., 1855 |
| Type species | |
| Rallus melanophaius Vieillot, 1819 | |
| Species | |
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Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the black rail, also occurs in the United States.