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Giant Wood Rail

Aramides ypecaha
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Ipacaá
Saracuruçu
Family: Rallidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Rallus ypecaha.


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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
ReptilesCulebra de los Esteros (Helicops infrataeniatus)29/10/2015Cláudio Dias Timm



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 678769
  Adult
Caiaponia
Goiás
Brazil
12/30/2025
Glauco Oliveira
Foto
Photography ID: 585302
  Adult
Chuí
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
06/29/2020
Bruno Frederico Salaroli
Foto
Photography ID: 585301
  Adult
Ibotirama
Bahia
Brazil
09/08/2010
Bruno Frederico Salaroli
Foto
Photography ID: 408568
  Adult
Mostardas
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
01/11/2020
Pedro Sessegolo
Foto
Photography ID: 347939
  Adult
Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
10/29/2015
Cláudio Dias Timm
Foto
Photography ID: 228655
  Adult
Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
09/06/2017
Wagner Florentino
Foto
Photography ID: 104360
  Adult
Não-me-toque
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
06/07/2015
Jonas Kilpp



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244974230/12/2025BrazilGoiásCaiaponiaGlauco Oliveira
232997016/07/2025BrazilRio Grande do SulFoi avistado na estrada de acesso para o Horto Florestal de Barra do Ribeiro., Estrada de acesso ao Horto Florestal de Barra-do-ribeiro/rsAugusto Pötter
230608822/01/2025BrazilRio Grande do Sul-32.656, -52.588, Rsc-4732Eugenia Boggiano
230607422/01/2025BrazilRio Grande do Sul-33.102, -52.917, Rsc-4731Eugenia Boggiano
223548812/01/202509:27BrazilRio Grande do SulBR-290 201Santiago Juan Torres
195885520/01/2024BrazilRio Grande do SulPelotas, Pelotas1Gabriel Carbajales
177762925/05/2023BrazilRio de JaneiroParque Nacional do ItatiaiaRosana Ursino
171107326/01/2023BrazilParanáRua dos Trabalhadores 2 (-24,261344, -49,728564)Santiago Juan Torres
161000016/07/2022BrazilRio Grande do SulRosário do Sul, Rosario do Sul2Pablo Bruni
160416530/06/2022BrazilRio Grande do SulGranja do Sossego, Santo ÂngeloPaulo Buchabqui Rodrigues
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Giant Wood Rail (Aramides ypecaha) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.