Rails, Crakes & Coots

White-throated Crake

Laterallus albigularis

The White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis) is a 47 g wetland bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Rails, Crakes & Coots

Order

Gruiformes

Weight

47 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

5

Recorded in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua.

Where to see it: Ammo Dump Ponds (Panama); Los Guatuzos Centro Ecológico y Río Papaturro (Nicaragua); Refugio mixto Caño Negro (Costa Rica); Panama Rainforest Discovery Center (Panama); Pipeline Road (Camino del Oleoducto) (Área general) (Panama).

Photo: (c) Rose Zappa, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist