Dot-winged Crake

Laterallus spiloptera

Least Concern

The Dot-winged Crake is a rail, crake, gallinule, coot, or swamphen of Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins. It usually keeps close to dense cover around marshes, wet grassland, flooded fields, or shallow water, where it searches for seeds, shoots, insects, and other small invertebrates with its long toes spreading its weight on soft ground.

Family

Rallidae

Group

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Range

Dot-winged Crake Range — Resident or seasonal range in Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins

Population

≈ Unknown

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