Rusty-flanked Crake

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and water storage areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Rusty-flanked Crake is classified as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Rusty-flanked Crake (Laterallus levraudi) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and water storage areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Laterallus levraudi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Rusty-flanked Crake, Handsome Fruiteater, Great Antpitta, Mérida and Caracas Tapaculos, Rufous-cheeked Tanager and Tocuyo Sparrow. We can’t wait to return to Venezuela to do some more birding! Acknowledgements We owe enormous thanks to all the team at Birding in Venezuela: * Our guide, David Ascanio, who was truly outstanding - without him we would probably have struggled to see a fraction of the species we saw. More

Rusty-flanked Crake but had no success. As we approached Coro, two parrots flew over the road which were most certainly Yellow-shouldered Parrot but the views were not sufficient for proper identification. July 1: We spent the morning along the road south of Coro that goes up into the foothills to San Luis. At sunrise, we were in the scrub just south of a bridge and were fortunate to locate ~15 Yellow-shouldered Parrots. More

Rusty-flanked Crake, Handsome Fruiteater, Great Antpitta, Mérida and Caracas Tapaculos, Rufous-cheeked Tanager and Tocuyo Sparrow. More