''Aramides'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class (biology), class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the Oviparity, laying of Eggshell, hard-shelled eggs, a high Metabolism, metabolic rate, a fou ...
s in the family
Rallidae
Rails (avian family Rallidae) are a large, Cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of small- to medium-sized terrestrial and/or semi-amphibious birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity in its forms, and includes ...
.
It contains the following 8 species:
There is also a doubtful species:
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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.
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, ''Aramides gutturalis'' -
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
(20th century?)
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Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jacques Pucheran
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