Giant Wood-Rail

Aramides ypecaha

Least Concern

The Giant Wood-Rail 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

Giant Wood-Rail Range — Resident or seasonal range in Central and South American forests, marshes, and river margins

Population

≈ Unknown

Save in the MyBird app →