page_title: List of birds of Panama
section_title: Rails, gallinules, and coots
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Panama / Rails, gallinules, and coots
caption_attribution_description: Grey-necked Wood Rail, Aramides cajanea, captive bird. Location: Jacksonville Zoo, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama included a total of 994 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Nine additional species have been added through eBird through June 2020. Of the 1003 species, 170 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans. Seven are endemic.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Panama as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Panama
  Endemic - a species endemic to Panama
context_section_description: Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae
  Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.
  Colombian crake, Mustelirallus colombianus (A) (population data deficient)
  Paint-billed crake, Mustelirallus erythrops
  Spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus
  Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas concolor
  Rufous-necked wood-rail, Aramides axillaris (A)
  Gray-cowled wood-rail, Aramides cajaneus
  King rail, Rallus elegans (A) (near-threatened)
  Sora, Porzana carolina
  Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
  American coot, Fulica americana
  Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
  Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex flaviventer
  Ruddy crake, Laterallus ruber (A)
  White-throated crake, Laterallus albigularis
  Gray-breasted crake, Laterallus exilis
  Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis (A)
caption: The gray-cowled wood-rail usually keeps to dense cover along forested streams and rivers.
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