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Spotted Rail
Nicolas Olejnik, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Rails, limpkin & sunbittern

Spotted Rail

Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSpotted Rail
DutchGevlekte Ral
SpanishRascón pinto
Chinese美洲斑秧鸡
Scientific namePardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)

About this species

The spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderGruiformes
FamilyRallidae
GenusPardirallus

In Suriname

19Records in Suriname
1902First record
2019Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Commewijne3
  • Paramaribo3
  • Sipaliwini2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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