Grey-breasted Crake (Laterallus exilis)
About the Grey-breasted Crake
The grey-breasted crake (Laterallus exilis) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. The grey-breasted crake is monotypic, though the population along the Honduras-Nicaragua border was once proposed as a subspecies. The grey-breasted crake is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long. Males weigh 26.5 to 39 g (0.93 to 1.4 oz) and females 29 to 43 g (1.0 to 1.5 oz). The sexes are alike. Adults have a pale gray head and breast, a white throat, and a chesnut nape. The rest of their upperparts are olive brown and their flanks are heavily barred black and white.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 173 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-ND · 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Rufous-faced CrakeLaterallus xenopterusrecording
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.