Rails, Crakes & Coots

Plumbeous Rail

Pardirallus sanguinolentus

The Plumbeous Rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus) is a 232 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

232 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay.

Where to see it: Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru); Estero Mantagua (Chile); Refugio de Vida Silvestre Los Pantanos de Villa · Laguna Costera y Playa Marvilla (Peru); Laguna del Diario (Uruguay); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile).

Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist