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WetlandDomed nestSmall · 52 g
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The rufous-sided crake is 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) long and weighs about 50 to 60 g (1.8 to 2.1 oz). The sexes are alike. Both subspecies' bills have a gray maxilla with a pea green cutting edge and a pale pea green mandible with a white tip. Their legs and feet are light gray brown to olive brown. The nominate subspecies has dark olive brown upperparts with a gray tinge around the eye. The face and sides of the breast are rufous to cinnamon rufous. Voice: The rufous-sided crake's song is "a rubbery musical trill" much like those of other Laterallus crakes. Its calls include ""high-pitched tinkling calls short treeeeeng a harsh, descending djreer."
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When to see the Rufous-sided Crake
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rufous-sided Crake
The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Suriname.
About the Rufous-sided Crake
The rufous-sided crake is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile.
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Easily confused with
Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruberThe ruddy crake can be identified by its ruddy plumage that can vary in shade and gray head with dark brown wings and tail.
Grey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilisThe grey-breasted crake is 14 to 15.5 cm (5.5 to 6.1 in) long.
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularisThe white-throated crake is 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) long.
Side by side: Rufous-sided Crake vs White-throated Crake · Ruddy Crake vs Rufous-sided Crake · Grey-breasted Crake vs Rufous-sided Crake
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