Spotted rail
Pardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)
The spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus) is a species in the family Rallidae, order Gruiformes. Recorded adults weigh 153 g to 197 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the spotted rail
- Weight
- 153 g – 197 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
- 3.7 – 4.35src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the spotted rail live?
Not recorded
What is the spotted rail?
The spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
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What does the spotted rail sound like?
Is the spotted rail endangered?
The spotted rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the spotted rail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGruiformes
- familyRallidae
- genusPardirallus
- SpeciesPardirallus maculatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms Rallus maculatus, Rallus variegatus
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- مرعة منقطةArabic
- rascló pintatCatalan
- chřástal skvrnitýCzech
- Stribet RikseDanish
- FleckenralleGerman
- makula raloEsperanto
- Rascón overoSpanish
- Gallineta overaSpanish
- Gallito ManchadoSpanish
- Pidén moteadoSpanish
- Pollo ManchadoSpanish
- Rascón MoteadoSpanish
- Rascón pintoSpanish
- kirjuhuikEstonian
- helmiluhtakanaFinnish
- Râle tachetéFrench
- pjegava kokošicaCroatian
- foltos guvatHungarian
- Rallo macchiatoItalian
- マダラクイナJapanese
- margoji vištelėLithuanian
- gevlekte ralDutch
- flekkrikseNorwegian
- wodniczak pstryPolish
- saracura-carijóPortuguese
- frango-d'água-pintalgadoPortuguese
- Saracura-pedrêsPortuguese
- Пятнистый пастушокRussian
- Пятнистая галлинетаRussian
- chriašteľ škvrnitýSlovak
- Belopirgavi petlovanSerbian
- fläckrallSwedish
- Benekli SukılavuzuTurkish
- пастушок строкатийUkrainian
- 點秧雞Chinese
- 美洲斑秧鸡Chinese
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Relatives of the spotted rail
Other species in the same genus Pardirallus.
Blackish rail
Pardirallus nigricans
Plumbeous rail
Pardirallus sanguinolentus
CompareSpotted rail vs Blackish railSpotted rail vs Plumbeous rail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the spotted rail?
An adult spotted rail weighs 153 g – 197 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the spotted rail endangered?
The spotted rail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the spotted rail?
The spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus) 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.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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
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