Order: Gruiformes | Family: Rallidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Ventanilla, Lima
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Lake Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. El Callao, Lima
Age: Adult \ Sex: Male | Loc. Lake Junin
Status: The Black Rail occurs in coastal wetlands where it can be uncommon to judge by the number of birds flushed by hunting dogs. The sub species L. j. tuerosi, is known to occur in Lake Junin where appears to be uncommon, but difficult to observe. It also occurs in Ch.
Name in Spanish: Gallineta Negra.
Sub-species: Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis murivagans) Riley, 1916, and L. j.
tuerosi, Fjeldså, 1983.
Meaning of Name: Laterallus: L. lateralis, latus= side, with the sides and rallus=specific name for genus Rallus. jamaicensis: referring to the country of Jamaica in the Caribbean.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.