Known from the discs' own bird lists
Blackish Rail
pardirallus nigricans
Rallidae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
26.5-28.5 cm. The adult is similar to Pardirallus sanguinolentus. Above olive brown; underside ashy gray, but smaller and chin and upper throat whitish, contrasting with the slate of foreneck and breast; inner flight feathers uniformly fuscous; bill greenish, somewhat reddish or yellow on base, tip yellow, legs and feet red.
The juvenile is uniformly brown; underside lighter; bill yellow; legs and feet red.
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The disc records this picture against the bird without a caption. Disc 1 · 2011
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Song "weiii..wi....weiiii..wi", descending. Calls varying, e. g. "kik..kik..dic".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Walks on the ground or in floating vegetation.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Relatively common from 800-2000 meters in marshes, flooded fields, rice paddies, tall damp grass, swampy lightly wooded areas.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Similar to Pardirallus sanguinolentus, but smaller, bill straighter and more yellowish apically without the red basal spot.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 2 · 2001
Call. Serra da Canastra, 11/11/98. Cloudy, 25°C. Pastures. With Columbina squammata. Disc 2 · 2001
Audio file found on Disc 1 (2011). The asserting release's own preserved disc did not carry it; the historical assertion above is unchanged.
Disc 1 · 2011
Call. Serra da Canastra, 11/11/98. Cloudy, 25°C. Pastures. With Columbina squammata. Disc 1 · 2011
Calls, November 3, 2000. Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, MG, rainy, 18°C, swamp within primary forest. Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SERB.CKD; SRSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd