Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris)
About the Aztec Rail
The Aztec rail or Mexican rail, (Rallus tenuirostris) is a Near Threatened species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is endemic to Mexico. The Aztec rail was previously treated as conspecific with what are now the mangrove rail (R. longirostris), Ridgway's rail (R. obsoletus), the king rail (R. elegans), and the clapper rail (R. crepitans), and more recently as conspecific with the king rail. Worldwide taxonomic systems now agree that each of the five is a separate species based on a 2013 study that described their different genetics and morphologies. Many systems treat it as most closely related to Ridgway's rail. The Aztec rail is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 8 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-ND · 3 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bogota RailRallus semiplumbeusrecording
- Brown-cheeked RailRallus indicusrecording
- Ecuadorian RailRallus aequatorialisrecording
- King RailRallus elegansrecording
- Mangrove RailRallus longirostrisrecording
- Virginia RailRallus limicolarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.