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Laterallus xenopterus Conover, 1934:365

Rufous-faced crake

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable

 

Distribution

Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Conover, H. B. (1934). A new species of rail from Paraguay. The Auk 51(3): 365-366.


Other references:

BirdLife International (2022) Species factsheet: Laterallus xenopterus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/01/2022.

Brace, R.; Hornbuckle, J.; St. Pierre, P. 1998. Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus: a new species for Bolivia, with notes on its identification, distribution, ecology and conservation. Cotinga: 76-80.

Castro, V. G.; Jesus, S.; Santos, D. W. M.; Silva, L. F. 2013. New records of the Rufous-faced Crake, Laterallus xenopterus (Gruiformes: Rallidae) in Brazil and observations about its habitat. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 22 (1): 57–61.

Cavalcanti, R. B. 1999. Bird species richness and conservation in the Cerrado region of central Brazil. Studies in Avian Biology 19: 244-249.

Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.

Conservation International. 1999. Açoes prioritárias para a conservaçao da biodiversidade do Cerrado e Pantanal.

De Vasconcelos, M.F., D'Angelo Neto, S., Kirwan, G.M., Bornschein, M.R., Guimaraes Diniz, M. and Da Silva, J.F. 2006. Important ornithological records from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 126(3): 212-238.

Hayes, F. E. 1995. Status, distribution and biogeography of the birds of Paraguay. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs.

Lowen, J. C.; Bartrina, L.; Clay, R. P.; Tobias, J. A. 1996. Biological surveys and conservation priorities in eastern Paraguay (the final reports of Projects Canopy '92 and Yacutinga '95). CSB Conservation, Cambridge, U.K.

Myers, Philip and Hansen, Rick L. (1980). Rediscovery of the Rufous-faced Crake (Laterallus xenopterus). Auk 97: 901-902.

Negret, A. J. and Teixeira, D. M. (1984). Notas sobre duas espécies de aves raras: Micropygia schomburgkii e Laterallus xenopterus (Rallidae) na regia1o de Brasília--DF. Resumos, XI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, pp. 337. Imprensa Universitária, Belo Horizonte.

Oniki, Y.; Willis, E. O. 1996. Morte accidental em aves comuns por fatores humanos. Revista do Centro de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia 12: 33-37.

Parker, T. A.; Willis, E. O. 1997. Notes on three tiny grassland flycatchers, with comments on the disappearance of South American fire-diversified savannas. Ornithological Monographs 48: 549-555.

Storer, R. W. (1981). The Rufous-faced Crake (Laterallus xenopterus) and its Paraguayan congeners. Wilson Bulletin 93: 137-144.

Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A.; Moskovits, D. K. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

 

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