Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii)
Pompéu, MG, Brazil.
The species belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia
Although not considered rare, they are extremely shy and elusive and thus very difficult to be spotted.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
Known in Brazil as "maxalalagá".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856
Species: M. schomburgkii (Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848)
Binomial name: Micropygia schomburgkii
Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii)
Pompéu, MG, Brazil.
The species belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia
Although not considered rare, they are extremely shy and elusive and thus very difficult to be spotted.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
Known in Brazil as "maxalalagá".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856
Species: M. schomburgkii (Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848)
Binomial name: Micropygia schomburgkii