The red-throated wood rail (''Aramides gutturalis'') is a disputed species of

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in the family

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. If it is not a misidentification, it was

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and apparently became

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due to

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some time in the 20th century. Following the 2006 SACC assessment which listed this species as dubious taxon

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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 The grey-cowled wood rail or grey-necked wood rail (''Aramides cajaneus'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae, the rails. It lives primarily in the forests, mangroves, and swamps of Central and South America. Of the two subspecies, ''A. ...

''A. cajanea'' or a subspecies of the

brown wood rail The brown wood rail (''Aramides wolfi'') is a Vulnerable species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International ...

''A. wolfi''.Red-throated Wood-rail Aramides guttularis: this extinct taxon is no longer recognised.

References

Aramides Bird extinctions since 1500 Controversial bird taxa Birds described in 1894 Extinct birds of South America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Extinct animals of Peru {{Gruiformes-stub