Species profile
Ruddy Crake
Laterallus ruber
Quick answer
Lowlands of s Mexico to nw Costa Rica (n Guanacaste)
- Scientific name
- Laterallus ruber
- Family
- Rallidae
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Genus
- Laterallus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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