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Black Rail

Laterallus jamaicensis

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Rallidae

The black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) is a mouse-sized member of the rail family Rallidae that occurs in both North and South America. It is the smallest rail present in North America and is known for its secretive nature. Taxonomy The black rail was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 330Brazil · 54