Ocellated crake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Rallidae |
Genus: |
Micropygia Bonaparte, 1856 |
Species: | M. schomburgkii |
Binomial name | |
Micropygia schomburgkii (Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848) |
The ocellated crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.