Family: Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Authority: King, 1828

Red List Category

Criteria: C2a(ii)

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been recorded in small numbers at a small number of localities and so its population size is likely to be very small. Its population size is inferred to be declining due to ongoing habitat degradation and predation by invasive American Mink. For these reasons, the species is listed as Vulnerable.

Population size: 1000-9999, 2500-9999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 265,000 km²

Country endemic: no

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