Chestnut-headed crake
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rufirallus Sharpe, 1893 |
| Species: | R. castaneiceps
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| Rufirallus castaneiceps (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869)
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The chestnut-headed crake (Rufirallus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.[2] It is found throughout the Peruvian Amazon Basin and neighboring areas. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Description
It is chestnut-coloured with a paler throat and a dark brown back.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rufirallus castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692320A93348186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692320A93348186.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
External links
- Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the chestnut-headed crakeError: "Q742780" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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