Dot-winged crake
Laterallus spiloptera (Durnford, 1877)
Status not recordedbirds
The dot-winged crake (Laterallus spiloptera) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 52.1 g.
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Quick facts about the dot-winged crake
- Weight
- 52.1 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the dot-winged crake live?
Not recorded
Is the dot-winged crake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the dot-winged crake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusLaterallus
- SpeciesLaterallus spiloptera (Durnford, 1877)
Synonyms Laterallus spilopterus, Porzana spiloptera, Porzana spilotera, Zapornia spiloptera
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- مرعة منقط الجناحينArabic
- rasclet d'ales tacadesCatalan
- chřástal argentinskýCzech
- Rhegen adeinfraithWelsh
- PygmærørvagtelDanish
- FleckensumpfhuhnGerman
- makulflugila raloEsperanto
- Polluela overaSpanish
- Burrito negruzcoSpanish
- Burrito PlomizoSpanish
- pampahuikEstonian
- pampahuittiFinnish
- Râle mailléFrench
- Marouette mailléeFrench
- crnoprsa štijokaCroatian
- foltos vízicsibeHungarian
- Rallo alimacchiateItalian
- Schiribilla alimacchiateItalian
- アルゼンチンヒメクイナJapanese
- dėmėtasparnė švygždaLithuanian
- Dunfords DwergralDutch
- Durnfords DwergralDutch
- skiferrikseNorwegian
- derkaczyk plamistyPolish
- sanã-cinzaPortuguese
- franga-d'água-cinzentaPortuguese
- Пятнистый погонышRussian
- Шпорцевый погонышRussian
- chriašteľ škvrnitokrídlySlovak
- Patagonski barski petlićSerbian
- fläckvingad sumphönaSwedish
- fläckvingad dvärgrallSwedish
- Civciv SuyelvesiTurkish
- погонич уругвайськийUkrainian
- 点翅田鸡Chinese
- 斑翅南美田雞Chinese
Relatives of the dot-winged crake
Other species in the same genus Laterallus.
White-throated crake
Laterallus albigularis
Rufous-sided crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Galapagos crake
Laterallus spilonota
Grey-breasted crake
Laterallus exilis
Black rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Ruddy crake
Laterallus ruber
CompareDot-winged crake vs White-throated crakeDot-winged crake vs Rufous-sided crakeDot-winged crake vs Galapagos crakeDot-winged crake vs Grey-breasted crake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the dot-winged crake?
An adult dot-winged crake weighs 52.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the dot-winged crake?
The dot-winged crake (Laterallus spiloptera) belongs to the family Rallidae in the order Gruiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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