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Red-throated wood rail

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Extinct species of bird

Red-throated wood rail
Illustration by Keulemans, 1894
Conservation status
Extinct (20th century?)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides
Species: †A. gutturalis
Binomial name
†Aramides gutturalis
Sharpe, 1894
Synonyms

Aramides guttaralis Sharpe, 1894 (lapsus)

The red-throated wood rail (Aramides gutturalis) is a disputed species of bird in the family Rallidae. If it is not a misidentification, it was endemic to Peru and apparently became extinct due to habitat loss some time in the 20th century.

Following the 2006 SACC assessment which listed this species as dubious taxon BirdLife International removed the red-throated wood rail from the list of extinct species in 2009 as it might be either a badly prepared specimen of the grey-cowled wood rail A. cajanea or a subspecies of the brown wood rail A. wolfi.

References

  1. BirdLife International 2008. Aramides gutturalis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 February 2009.
  2. Red-throated Wood-rail Aramides guttularis: this extinct taxon is no longer recognised. Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
Taxon identifiers
Aramides gutturalis
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