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Red-and-white Crake

Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
Burrito Colorado
Sanã-vermelha

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 leucopyrrhus, Laterallus leucopyrrhus.


Description: Brownish back, reddish head and sides of the neck, brown wings, and blackish tail. White underparts with flanks and undertail barred blackish. Greenish bill and red iris.

Sexual Dimorphism: Nonexistent.

Geographic Distribution: In Argentina, found in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, and Corrientes.

Habitat: Reeds.


Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 602831
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2018
Maria Belén Dri
Foto
Photography ID: 282822
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/20/2018
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 258651
  Adult

Playa Penino
San José
Uruguay
03/31/2018
Mauricio Silvera
Foto
Photography ID: 258632
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/01/2018
Vicente Piccirillo
Foto
Photography ID: 248621
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 248616
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/18/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 243728
  Adult

Delta del Paraná
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/27/2018
Diego Carus



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
125163023/10/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Ecológica Vicente López1Gabriel Carbajales
82014215/10/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Nacional Ciervo de los PantanosMarcelo Gavensky
79627120/08/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresSobrenatural Parana mini, Delta del ParanáVicente Piccirillo
77153123/06/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta LaraFederico Silvestre
77138223/06/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural Punta LaraWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
75135928/04/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural El Destino1Sebastián Otero
74731216/04/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a la Isla Santiago, Ensenada1Dario Juan Wendeler
72403401/04/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresSobrenatural Parana mini, Delta del ParanáVicente Piccirillo
72405431/03/2018UruguaySan JoséPlaya PeninoMauricio Silvera
71837524/03/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Nacional Ciervo de los PantanosMarcelo Gavensky
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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. Red-and-white Crake (Rufirallus leucopyrrhus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.