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Gruiformes / Rallidae / Aramides

Grey-cowled Wood Rail

Aramides cajaneus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gycwor1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides

Subspecies (2)

Aramides cajaneus avicenniae

mangroves of southeastern Brazil (São Paulo southward at least to Paraná, and possibly to Santa Catarina)
Aramides cajaneus cajaneus

Costa Rica southward to northwestern Colombia (including islands off Panama) and, east of the Andes, to the Guianas and northeastern Brazil southward to northern Argentina and Uruguay

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (gycwor1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.