Order: Gruiformes | Family: Rallidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huacarpay, Cusco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Brazil
Status: The Spotted Rail is uncommon in wetlands in northwest Peru. It occurs in part of the Marañon drainage also in vegetation. It seems to use the rice paddies while there is water and retreat to adjacent wetlands and ditches when rice is about ready for harvest and there is no longer water. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, Bo, and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Rascón Moteado.
Sub-species: Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus maculatus) Boddaert, 1783.
Meaning of Name: Pardirallus: Gr. pardos= leopard; and rallus= in reference to the genus Rallus. maculatus: L. maculatus, macula= tinted, stained, stain.

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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.