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Pardirallus
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Pardirallus is a genus of bird in the family Rallidae. It contains three species native to marshland areas of Southern, Central America and the Caribbean, although fossil evidence indicates they once ranged north to what is now Idaho.[2] They are 25–38 cm long and have a long greenish bill and reddish legs. The spotted rail is blackish-brown with white markings while the other two are brown above and dark grey below.[2]
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Pardirallus | |
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Plumbeous rail (Pardirallus sanguinolentus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: | Pardirallus Bonaparte, 1856 |
Type species | |
Rallus variegatus[1] Gmelin, 1789 | |
Species | |
P. maculatus |
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The genus Pardirallus was erected by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1856 with the spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus) as the type species.[3][4] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek pardos meaning "leopard" with the genus Rallus.[5]