Rails, Crakes & Coots

Giant Wood Rail

Aramides ypecaha

The Giant Wood Rail (Aramides ypecaha) is a 700 g forest bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

700 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); PN Iberá · Portal Laguna Iberá (Carlos Pellegrini y Laguna Iberá) (Argentina); (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado · Área general (Uruguay); Gran Asunción · Parque Guasu Metropolitano (Paraguay); Ceibas (Argentina).

Photo: (c) Andrea Gantzer, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist