Ocellated crake

Ocellated crake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Micropygia
Bonaparte, 1856
Species: M. schomburgkii
Binomial name
Micropygia schomburgkii
(Cabanis in Schomburgk, 1848)

The ocellated crake (Micropygia schomburgkii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

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