Yellow-breasted Crake
Yellow-breasted Crake (<em>Laterallus flaviventer</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes &amp; Coots (<em>Rallidae</em>) in the order Cranes and Allies.
Overview
Yellow-breasted Crake (Laterallus flaviventer) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Laterallus; binomial: Laterallus flaviventer; authority: (Boddaert, 1783).
Distribution
Breeding range: the Nearctic, Middle America and South America.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
Reassign Yellow-breasted Crake from Porzana to Laterallus (Stervander et al. 2019). Placed in Hapalocrex by NACC (2016-B-4) but if so, then non-monophyletic with respect to other Laterallus. Its position as a basal member of the L. melanophaius clade within Laterallus is confirmed based on multilocus (mtDNA + nucDNA) phylogenetic analyses (Depino et al. 2023).
