RUFOUS-FACED CRAKE Laterallus xenopterus
Laterallus crakes are well-known for their secrecy and for betraying their presence only by their reedy trilling calls, but of all the Paraguayan Laterallus, this species qualifies as the "hardest" of all to get on your life list. Its an inhabitant of dense vegetation in wet cerrado and globally it is known only from a few disjunct sites. It is however a distinctive bird if seen well, note particularly its bluish bill - other Laterallus in Paraguay have brightly-coloured bills.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2251PH) Adult, Aguara Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Candindeyú (Alberto Madroño/Fundación Moises Bertoni August 1996).
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Laterallus xenopterus
1 (FPAVE2252RE) Contact calls recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
2 (FPAVE2253RE) Song recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
3 (FPAVE2254RE) Song after playback recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
4 (FPAVE2255RE) Trills and purrs after playback recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett December 1997).
5 (FPAVE2256RE) Song recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Myriam Velázquez November 2000).
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