Aramides


Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.
It contains the following 8 species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Little [wood rail]Aramides mangleBrazil.
Rufous-necked wood railAramides axillarisBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Grey-cowled wood railAramides cajaneusArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Russet-naped wood railAramides albiventrissouthern Mexico to Costa Rica.
Brown wood railAramides wolfiColombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru.
Giant wood railAramides ypecahaArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Slaty-breasted wood railAramides saracuraBrazil and eastern Paraguay.
Red-winged wood railAramides calopterusBrazil, Ecuador and Peru.

There is also a doubtful species: