Aramides
Encyclopedia
Aramides is a genus of bird
s in the Rallidae
family.
It contains the following species:
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s in the Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Red-throated Wood Rail, Aramides gutturalis - doubtful species; extinct (20th century?)
- Little Wood Rail, Aramides mangle
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail, Aramides axillaris
- Grey-necked Wood Rail, Aramides cajanea
- Brown Wood Rail, Aramides wolfi
- Giant Wood Rail, Aramides ypecaha
- Slaty-breasted Wood Rail, Aramides saracura
- Red-winged Wood Rail, Aramides calopterus