Plain-flanked Rail (Rallus wetmorei)
About the Plain-flanked Rail
The plain-flanked rail (Rallus wetmorei) is an Endangered species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is endemic to Venezuela. It is a large rail with two distinct color morphs. The plain-flanked rail has been suggested to be conspecific with the mangrove rail (R. longirostris) but this treatment has not been accepted by major taxonomic systems because the two do not interbreed where their ranges overlap. The plain-flanked rail is monotypic. The plain-flanked rail is a large rail with two distinct color morphs. The pale morph being olive-brown in color with dark streaks, while the dark morph is brown to sooty.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 13 recordings for this species: 12 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 Venezuela 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.