Ocellated crake
The ocellated crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae that is placed in the monotypic genus Micropygia. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and recently, a small population was found in Argentina.[2] Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Species: | M. schomburgkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropygia schomburgkii (Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848) | |
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References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Micropygia schomburgkii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692282A95217088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692282A95217088.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Bodrati, Alejandro; Lammertink, Martjan (September 2020). "Notes on a population of Ocellated Crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) in Misiones province: a new rail for Argentina". Ornithology Research. 28 (3): 185–190. doi:10.1007/s43388-020-00026-x. ISSN 2662-673X.
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