Speckled Rail

Rails, Crakes & Coots 👁 268 views Updated 2026-11-01

Speckled Rail (<em>Laterallus notatus</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (<em>Rallidae</em>) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Overview

Speckled Rail (Laterallus notatus) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Laterallus; binomial: Laterallus notatus; authority: (Gould, 1841).

Distribution

Breeding range: South America.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Move Speckled Rail from Coturnicops to Laterallus based on multilocus (mtDNA + nucDNA) phylogenetic analyses which demonstrates its basal position within the L. jamaicensis clade (Depino et al. 2023).

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