First record of the Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819 (Aves, Rallidae) in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes

Diego Calderón-Franco; Juan Ramirez; Julio Saenz

doi:10.15560/13.2.2089

Check List 13(2): e19691, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2089

First record of the Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819 (Aves, Rallidae) in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes

Diego Calderón-Franco^‡, Juan David Ramirez^‡, Julio Cesar Saenz^‡

‡ COLOMBIA Birding, Colombia

Corresponding author: Diego Calderón-Franco ( diego@colombiabirding.com )

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Citation: Calderón-Franco D, Ramirez J, Saenz J (2017) First record of the Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis Vieillot, 1819 (Aves, Rallidae) in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. Check List 13(2): 2089. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2089

Abstract

We present the first record of Ash-throated Crake, Mustelirallus albicollis, for the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes. One individual was killed while crossing a road in a marshy area in Porce, Antioquia department, Colombia. Our photographs represent the first record for the department of Antioquia and also for the Cordillera Central.

Keywords

new avian record; South America; Colombian Central Andes; Porzana albicollis; Antioquia department; Porce