Red-throated wood rail
The red-throated wood rail (Aramides gutturalis) is a disputed species of bird in the family Rallidae. If it is not a misidentification, it was endemic to Peru and apparently became extinct due to habitat loss some time in the 20th century.[1]
| Red-throated wood rail | |
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| Illustration by Keulemans, 1894 | |
Extinct (20th century?) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Aramides |
| Species: | †A. gutturalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aramides gutturalis Sharpe, 1894 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aramides guttaralis Sharpe, 1894 (lapsus) | |
Following the 2006 SACC assessment which listed this species as dubious taxon BirdLife International removed the red-throated wood rail from the list of extinct species in 2009 as it might be either a badly prepared specimen of the grey-cowled wood rail A. cajanea or a subspecies of the brown wood rail A. wolfi.[2]
References
- BirdLife International 2008. Aramides gutturalis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 February 2009.
- Red-throated Wood-rail Aramides guttularis: this extinct taxon is no longer recognised. Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
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