Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Gray-breasted Crake FAMILY - Rallidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Laterallus exilis SYNONYMS - Rallus exilis - Temminck, 1831 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Apparently secure in Belize 6 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 6 District Reference Belize 2 Orange Walk 3 Stann Creek 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Gallon Jug Collected as voucher March 3 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 2 Private land, see comments Sighting 5 Government land Captured or Mist net Wet season 1 Government land 4 Hydrologic Association Reference Sibun River 2 North Stann Creek 1 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 5 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 3 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 16 00' to 16 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 5 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical wet 5 Subtropical moist 3 General Distribution Comments 4* Middlesex; netted by Nickell and collected, male. 3* See Ring Rd. Obs #114 1* Middlesex listed with no other ref., "resident locally" References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 3 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 4 Russell, S. M., 1966. Status of the Black rail and the Gray-breasted Crake in British Honduras. Condor 68:105-107. 5 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 6 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
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01/19/98