Listen to the Blackish rail
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About the Blackish rail
The Blackish rail is a bird in the family Rallidae (order Gruiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Blackish rail sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The blackish rail (Pardirallus nigricans) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Bolivia.
Related birds in the genus Pardirallus
More from the family Rallidae
Eurasian coot
Fulica atra
Common moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Corn crake
Crex crex
Water rail
Rallus aquaticus
Spotted crake
Porzana porzana
Baillon's crake
Zapornia pusilla
Western swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
White-breasted waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
Takahē
Porphyrio hochstetteri
American coot
Fulica americana
Weka
Gallirallus australis
Frequently asked questions
What does a Blackish rail sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Blackish rail on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Blackish rail endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Blackish rail as “least concern”.
What family does the Blackish rail belong to?
The Blackish rail (Pardirallus nigricans) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources & credits
- Pardirallus nigricans - Blackish Rail by Ben Tavener – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Parque Barigui, Curitiba - Paraná State, Brazil by Ben Tavener – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q960214 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Blackish rail – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 3.0