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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: 298142
  Adult

Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
11/02/2018
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 296847
  Adult

Colonia Carlos Pellegrini
Corrientes
Argentina
11/02/2018
Gonzalo Campaña
Foto
Photography ID: 291517
  Adult

Reserva El Bagual
Formosa
Argentina
09/17/2018
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 284543
  Adult

Candelaria
Misiones
Argentina
08/30/2018
Dante Andres Rektor
Foto
Photography ID: 280316
  Adult

Minga Guazu
Alto Paraná
Paraguay
08/10/2018
Jorge Sarubbi Künzle
Foto
Photography ID: 246949
  Adult

Parque Nacional Iberá
Corrientes
Argentina
01/20/2018
Roxana Larramendy



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Elsa Longo10/27/2018ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Camba TrapoColonia Carlos PellegriniIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Guillermo Marcaida10/27/2018ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Camba TrapoColonia Carlos PellegriniIndistinguishableAdultNoNo
Diego Oscar03/31/2018ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 6 (entre Concepcion y Mburucuya)IndistinguishableAdultYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
105241730/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesEstancia San Juan Poriahú, Loreto4Julian Quillen Vidoz
84281515/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesCamino del Camba Trapo (entre Rp40 y Camba Trapo)Rodolfo Seró
186487909/11/2018ArgentinaFormosaCampo De Brigada, Laishi1Fabricio Candia
83940702/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesRuta 37 entre Rn14 y Rp412Adrian Antunez
83745702/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos PellegriniAdrian Antunez
83421902/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos PellegriniGonzalo Campaña
83917601/11/2018ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos Pellegrini3Adrian Antunez
83828831/10/2018ArgentinaCorrientesColonia Carlos Pellegrini3Adrian Antunez
86140227/10/2018ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Camba Trapo, Colonia Carlos PellegriniElsa Longo
86126927/10/2018ArgentinaCorrientesReserva Camba Trapo, Colonia Carlos PellegriniGuillermo Marcaida
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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 11/04/2026.