87 New record of Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus in Argentina
one of the least- known New World rallids, being known from just c.20 localities, principally in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia3,4,6. Seven specimens are available from Argentina, but just three of these were collected post-19014,5. Between 1959 and the species’ rediscovery in 1998 there were no de...
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| Summary: | one of the least- known New World rallids, being known from just c.20 localities, principally in Argentine and Chilean Patagonia3,4,6. Seven specimens are available from Argentina, but just three of these were collected post-19014,5. Between 1959 and the species’ rediscovery in 1998 there were no definite records, and its vocalisa-tion was recorded first in 19984. R. antarcticus was categorised by Collar et al.3 as Endangered / Extinct but, following its rediscovery, the species was downlisted to Vulnerable1. Recently, Pugnali et al.6 published four new localities, one in the Falklands (a vagrant), two in Chubut and one in Santa Cruz. A specimen, now held at the |
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