Chestnut-headed Crake

The Chestnut-headed Crake is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Anurolimnas castaneiceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Chestnut-headed Crake (Anurolimnas castaneiceps) by Don Jones. More

Alternate common name(s): Chestnut-headed Crake, African Chestnut-headed Crake, Long-toed Flufftail, Lynes's Flufftail, Lynes' Flufftail Old scientific name(s): Coturnicops lugens Photographs No photographs are available for this species Range C. Africa; Highly fragmented distribution in many scattered locations; (1) Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, nw., cw. and ne. Zaire, Rwanda, and w. Tanzania. (2) C. Angola, se. Zaire, ne. Zambia and e. Zimbabwe. More

Crake and Chestnut-headed Crake from the very same spot, in a crazy 5 minutes of birding at Sacha. Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator This very handsome antbird was seen first at Gareno, and later much better whilst at Sacha. Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha Commonly heard at Gareno, where one was seen really well close to the lodge there. Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia A superb, strikingly-marked antbird. More

Order : Gruiformes
Family : Rallidae
Genus : Anurolimnas
Species : castaneiceps
Authority : Sclater & Salvin, 1868