Grey Necked Wood Rail

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Pantanal, Brazil, August.

Bird name: Grey Necked Wood Rail
Latin: Aramides cajanea
Other: Gray-necked Wood-rail • Saracura-três-potes (Br) • Chiricote (Es), Rascón cuello gris, Chilacoa colinegra
Family: Rallidae • Rails
Range: Mexico to Argentina, incl Brazil etc.
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Grey-necked Wood-Rails were one of the most frequently seen birds in the Pantanal in August - always in or near water. The riverbanks around Curicaca Lodge usually produced one or two, often near jacarés, and once beside a capuchin monkey which was drinking from the river.

Grey-necked Wood-rails are medium-sized colourful birds with red legs, rufous underparts, grey neck, yellow-green bill and red irises. The grey neck is diagnostic. They are found throughout Central America and South America east of the Andes.

Also seen in west-central Panama in the hills of the El Valle area. One walked past my cabin at the Canopy Lodge hotel at dusk, others seen at dawn higher up the road. Also seen in Mostardas, Brazil.

Below, a Grey-necked Wood Rail at Curicaca Lodge, Pantanal, Brazil, August.



Below, close-up of a Grey-necked Wood Rail, Brazil