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Aramides  Pucheran, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 176321

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Wood Rails [English]
  
    Wood-rails [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGruiformes  – Cranes, Rails, grues, râles  
                            FamilyRallidae  – Crakes, Coots, Rails, foulques, gallinules, râles, Waterhens  
                               GenusAramides Pucheran, 1845 – Wood Rails, Wood-rails  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Aramides albiventris Lawrence, 1868 – frango-d'água-de-barriga-branca, Cotara ventriblanca, Russet-naped Wood Rail, Râle à ventre blanc, Russet-naped Wood-rail 
                                  Species Aramides axillaris Lawrence, 1863 – frango-d'água-de-pescoço-ruivo, saracura-de-pescoço-ruivo, Râle à cou roux, Cotara cuellirrufa, Rascón cuello rufo, Rufous-necked Wood Rail 
                                  Species Aramides cajaneus (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) – Grey-cowled Wood Rail, saracura-três-potes, Râle de Cayenne, Cotara chiricote, Grey-cowled Wood-rail, Grey-necked Wood Rail, frango-d'água-de-pescoço-cinzento 
                                  Species Aramides calopterus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1878 – frango-d'água-d'asa-ruiva, saracura-de-asa-vermelha, Râle à ailes rouges, Cotara alirrufa, Red-winged Wood Rail 
                                  Species Aramides mangle (Spix, 1825) – saracura-do-mangue, Râle des palétuviers, Cotara de manglar, Little Wood Rail 
                                  Species Aramides saracura (Spix, 1825) – frango-d'água-ardósia, saracura-do-mato, Râle saracura, Cotara saracura, Slaty-breasted Wood Rail 
                                  Species Aramides wolfi Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 – frango-d'água-moreno, saracura-marrom, Râle de Wolf, Cotara morena, Brown Wood Rail 
                                  Species Aramides ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) – frango-d'água-gigante, saracuruçu, Râle ypécaha, Cotara ipacaá, Giant Wood-rail, Giant Wood Rail 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Aramides    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Aramides   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Aramides   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.07.04, website (version 04-Jul-06)  
  Acquired: 2006   
  Notes: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
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