Black-banded Crake

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Black-banded Crake (<em>Rufirallus fasciatus</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (<em>Rallidae</em>) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Overview

Black-banded Crake (Rufirallus fasciatus) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Rufirallus; binomial: Rufirallus fasciatus; authority: (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868).

Distribution

Breeding range: South America.

Conservation Status

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

Remarks

Retained in Laterallus based on Stervander et al. (2019). But subsequently moved to Rufirallus based on multilocus (mtDNA + nucDNA) phylogenetic analyses(Depino et al. 2023).

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