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The brown wood rail is 33 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in) long. The sexes are alike. Adults have a yellow-green bill, a red eye, and pink legs and feet. Their head is ashy gray with a yellow spot on the forehead and a pale throat. Their tail, flanks, and belly are black and the rest of their body is chestnut to warm brown. Immatures and juveniles have not been described. The brown wood rail's specific epithet commemorates the German naturalist Theodor Wolf. Voice: One call of the brown wood rail is a repeated "kui-co-mui".
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When to see the Brown Wood Rail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown Wood Rail
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown Wood Rail
The brown wood rail is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Easily confused with
Little Wood RailAramides mangleThe little wood rail is 27 to 29 cm (11 to 11 in) long; one female weighed 164 g (5.8 oz).
Red-winged Wood RailAramides calopterusThe red-winged wood rail is 31 to 35 cm (12 to 14 in) long.
Rufous-necked Wood RailAramides axillarisThe rufous-necked wood rail is 29 to 33 cm (11 to 13 in) long and weighs about 300 to 325 g (11 to 11 oz).
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