Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: (Sclater & Salvin, 1868)

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(i)

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Justification of Red List category
Recent surveys have found the population and range to be much larger than previously estimated. However, numbers are still likely to be less than 2,500 mature individuals and declining in response to a plethora of threats affecting wetlands within its range. It consequently qualifies as Vulnerable.

Population size: 1000-2499 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 124,000 km²

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial