Neocrex erythrops (Paint-Billed Crake)

Common Names

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Common Names in Dutch:

Roodsnavelhoen

Common Names in English:

Paint-Billed Crake

Common Names in French:

Râle à Bec Peint

Common Names in German:

Goldschnabel-Sumpfhuhn

Common Names in Japanese:

アカアシヒメクイナ

Description

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Physical Description

Adult : Head : slate-gray on side Crown: brownish-slate to dark olive-brown Face : Eye Color: bright red Bill: greenish yellow with red coral base Neck: slate-gray to plumbeous Hindneck: brownish-slate to dark olive-brown Throat : white Body: Breast: gray Flanks: barred with dusky and white Size: fairly small Underparts: slate-gray Upperparts: dull brownish olive Legs : Leg Color: bright red-coral Thighs: barred with dusky and white Wings: Linings : barred with dusky and white Tail: Crissum: barred with dusky and white Uppertail Coverts: dark brown and white bars.

Size/Age/Growth

About 7 to 8 inches long, with a wingspan of 12 to 13 inches. Adults weigh about 2.2 ounces .

Habitat

Vegetation: low seasonally wet grasslands, arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, freshwater marshes • Maximum Elevation: 2,600 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

Ecology:
List of Habitats :4.6Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Passerimorphae ()
        Order: Gruiformes () - Bonaparte, 1854 - Cranes, Rails
        Suborder: Ralli ()
        Family: Rallidae () - Vigors, 1825
        Genus: Neocrex () - Sclater and Salvin, 1868
        Specific name: erythrops - (P. L. Sclater, 1867)
        Scientific name: - Neocrex erythrops (P. L. Sclater, 1867)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, 1867)
Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, PL) 1867

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006

Similar Species

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Sora

Members of the genus Neocrex

There are approximately 4 species in this genus:

N. colombiana (Colombian Crake) · N. columbianus · N. erythrops (Paint-Billed Crake) · N. erythrops olivascens

Bibliography

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Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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Notes

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Contributors

BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 10, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Parker III, T.A., D.F. Stotz, and J.W. Fitzpatrick, "Ecological and Distributional Databases for Neotropical Birds," in Neotropical Birds: Ecology and Conservation, by D.F. Stotz, T.A. Parker III, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and D.K. Moskovits (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996). ISBN 0-226-64676-9.
Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 10, 2008:

Avian Knowledge Network: eBird
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3852165
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176362
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 237736
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176362
IUCN ID: 48987
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 886