Dot-winged Crake
Laterallus spiloptera
IUCN: Vulnerable
Taxonomy
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Laterallus
- eBird Code
- dowcra1
Taxonomy Changes
Porzana spiloptera → Laterallus spiloptera
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Distribution
southern Brazil and Uruguay to north-central Argentina
Vocalizations
Nicolas Olejnik · CC_BY_4_0
Nicolas Olejnik · CC_BY_4_0
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.