page_title: List of birds of Guatemala
section_title: Rails, gallinules, and coots
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Guatemala / Rails, gallinules, and coots
caption_attribution_description: Sora (crake) (Porzana carolina), Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guatemala. The avifauna of Guatemala included a total of 768 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 114 are rare or accidental and five have been introduced by humans. One species was endemic and two non-endemic species have been extirpated. One species has been added as a result of a split.
  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 Guatemala 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 Guatemala
  Endemic - a species endemic to Guatemala
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.
  Spotted rail, Pardirallus maculatus
  Uniform crake, Amaurolimnas concolor (A)
  Rufous-necked wood-rail, Aramides axillaris (A)
  Russet-naped wood-rail, Aramides albiventris
  Clapper rail, Rallus crepitans (A)
  Virginia rail, Rallus limicola (A)
  Sora, Porzana carolina
  Common gallinule, Gallinula galeata
  American coot, Fulica americana
  Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinicus
  Yellow-breasted crake, Hapalocrex flaviventer (A)
  Ruddy crake, Laterallus ruber
  Gray-breasted crake, Laterallus exilis
  Black rail, Laterallus jamaicensis (Extirpated)
caption: Sora
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