Laterallus | |
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Laterallus jamaicensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: |
Laterallus G.R. Gray, 1855 |
Species | |
9, see text |
9, see text
Laterallus is a genus of birds in the rail family Rallidae. These small, relatively short-billed terrestrial rails are found among dense vegetation near water in the Neotropics, although a single species, the black rail, also occurs in the United States.
Taylor, B., & B. van Perlo (1998). Rails – A Guide to the Rails, Crakes, Gallinules and Coots of the World.