Aramides Explained

Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

It contains the following 8 species:^[1]

Image	Common name	Scientific Name	Distribution
		Aramides mangle	Brazil.
		Aramides axillaris	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
		Aramides cajaneus	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
		Aramides albiventris	southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
		Aramides wolfi	Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru.
		Aramides ypecaha	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
		Aramides saracura	Brazil and eastern Paraguay.
		Aramides calopterus	Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

There is also a doubtful species:

• Red-throated wood rail, Aramides gutturalis - extinct (20th century?)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2019 . Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin . World Bird List Version 9.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 8 July 2019 .