Ocellated Crake
Ocellated Crake (<em>Rufirallus schomburgkii</em>) is a species of Rails, Crakes &amp; Coots (<em>Rallidae</em>) in the order Cranes and Allies.
Overview
Ocellated Crake (Rufirallus schomburgkii) is a species of Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) in the order Cranes and Allies.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Rufirallus; binomial: Rufirallus schomburgkii; authority: (Schomburgk, 1848).
Distribution
Breeding range: South America.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
Ocellated Crake was formerly assigned to the monotypic genus Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856, but it is assigned to Rufirallus based on multilocus (mtDNA + nucDNA) phylogenetic analysis (Depino et al. 2023).
