Red-throated wood rail

The red-throated wood rail (Aramides gutturalis) is a disputed species of bird in the family Rallidae. If it is not a misidentification, it was endemic to Peru and apparently became extinct due to habitat loss some time in the 20th century.BirdLife International 2008. Aramides gutturalis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 February 2009.

Following the 2006 SACC assessment which listed this species as dubious taxon BirdLife International removed the red-throated wood rail from the list of extinct species in 2009 as it might be either a badly prepared specimen of the grey-cowled wood rail A. cajanea or a subspecies of the brown wood rail A. wolfi.Red-throated Wood-rail Aramides guttularis: this extinct taxon is no longer recognised.

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