Blackish Rail

Pardirallus nigricans (Vieillot, 1819)

Blackish Rail, Pardirallus nigricans, is a rail of South America, breeding in western Amazonia and in the east and south of the continent. It belongs to the family Rallidae and was described by Vieillot in 1819. It lives in marshes, dense waterways, rice fields, wet grassland and lightly wooded swamps, mainly in lowland areas. In the Andes it occurs from 800 to 2,200 m, with one record from about 4,100 m in Peru. Its range includes Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, with possible presence in Bolivia.

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots

Breeding range

South America: w Amazonia, e, se