Giant Wood-rail (Aramides ypecaha)
Giant Wood-rail, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
August 2004

The Giant Wood-rail is distributed in central and south-east Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina. It is found in marshes, pastures near water and in gallery forest and is the most likely of its genus to be seen out in the open.
Giant Wood-rail, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image It has olive upperparts, a chestnut hind neck and a black tail. The face and foreneck are pale bluish grey and the flanks and upper breast are a delicate browny pink. Legs and iris are reddish-pink while the bill moves from pale orange at the base through apple green to greyish yellow at the tip.

It has a very loud voice and you can hear a Jacques Vieillard recording at the Brazilian Environment Ministry website.
Giant Wood-rail, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image
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