Neocrex columbianus

Description

Habitat

Vegetation: low seasonally wet grasslands, freshwater marshes • Maximum Elevation: 2,100 meters • Foraging Strata: Terrestrial • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Medium

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 & Salvin, 1868
        Specific name: columbianus
        Scientific name: - Neocrex columbianus

Similar Species

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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

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Notes

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Contributors

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.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 12140
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1034585