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Ash-throated Crake

Mustelirallus albicollis
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Burrito Grande
Sanã-carijó

Family: Rallidae
Order: Gruiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Mustelirallus albicollis, Rallus albicollis, Porzana albicollis.

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Description: Brownish back streaked with black, black coverts edged with brown, dusky underparts with black and white barring on flanks and undertail, bright red iris, and greenish bill.

Sexual Dimorphism: Nonexistent.

Geographic Distribution: In Argentina, found in the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, and Chaco.

Habitat: Reeds, swamps, and wetlands.


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 208011
  Adult

Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
03/01/2015
Luis Orlando Krause
Foto
Photography ID: 129704
  Juvenile

Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
12/07/2015
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 112513
  Adult

General Artigas
Itapúa
Paraguay
08/30/2015
Roberto Fermín Derna
Foto
Photography ID: 86402
  Adult

Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
03/01/2015
Marcelo Allende
Foto
Photography ID: 80544
  Adult

Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
02/03/2015
Natalia Tenaglia



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
37361407/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Natural Provincial Rincón de Santa MaríaPablo Meoniz
37354007/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional MburucuyáPablo Meoniz
37350407/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, Ituzaingó1Andres Teran
37267107/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, ItuzaingóJorge La Grotteria
37348306/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesEstancia Virocay, Gobernador VirasoroAndres Teran
37320406/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional MburucuyáPablo Meoniz
37305305/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesParque Nacional MburucuyáPablo Meoniz
37238705/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesEstancia Virocay, Gobernador VirasoroJorge La Grotteria
36377013/11/2015ArgentinaCorrientesRuta Provincial 40 entre Colonia Carlos Pellegrini y Estancia El SocorroPablo Serur
34603910/10/2015ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoSantiago Juan Torres
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Bibliography related


Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Ash-throated Crake (Mustelirallus albicollis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.