Below are snapshots from a videotape taken in July 2000 in mangroves near Parador Guanica, Puerto Rico. I don't know what species it was. The only species of similar size and coloration in the region is Grey-necked Wood-rail (Aramides cajanea), common bird of South and Central America. A recently extinct species of rail, Nesotrochis steganinos, was described from Puerto Rico, but it was presumably smaller. Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), a common species in the area, is also much smaller.
Éstas son fotos de una videocinta tomada en julio 2000 en dos ocasiones separadas, en mangles cerca de Parador Guanica, Puerto Rico. No sé qué especies era.
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Gray-necked wood-rail,
Crooked Tree, Belize.

Clapper rail,
Palo Alto, California.
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