Ash-throated Crake (Mustelirallus albicollis)

Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 

Not that easy to see them. They only appear in the open to feed. Diet consists of insects, insect larvae and grass seeds.

 

Known in Brazil as "sanã-carijó".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Rallidae

Genus: Mustelirallus Bonaparte, 1858

Species: M. albicollis (Vieillot, 1819)

Binomial name: Mustelirallus albicollis

Synonyms: Porzana albicollis

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