Galapagos Species Database
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Laterallus spilonota
Polluela de Galápagos, Pachay, Galapagos Rail, Galápagos crake
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Gruiformes
Family
Rallidae
Genus
Laterallus
Species
spilonota
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Porzana spilonota Schlater & Salvin, 1868
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: On Santa Cruz, Santiago, Pinta. Also on Isabela, Floreana, San Cristobal. Extinct on Baltra.
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- Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. Milstead, B., Márquez, C., Zabala, J., Buitrón, P., Llerena, A., et al. (2007) Galapagos vertebrates: endangered status and conservation actions. Galapagos Report 2006–2007. Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, p. 104–110.
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- Gifford, E.W. (1913) The birds of the Galápagos Islands, with observations on the birds of Cocos and Clipperton Islands (Columbiformes to Pelicaniformes). Expedition of the California Academy of Science, 1905 -1906. Part VIII. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 2(1): 1-132.
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- Wiedenfeld, D.A. Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G. (2008) Critical problems for bird conservation in the Galapagos Island. Cotinga 29: 22-27.
- Bisconti, M. Landini, W., Bianucci, G., Cantalamessa, G., Carnevale, G. Ragaini, L. & Valleri, G. (2001) Biogeographic relationships of the Galapagos terrestrial biota: parsimony analyses of endemicity based on reptiles, land birds and Scalesia land plants. J. Biogeogr. 28: 495-510.
- Rosenberg, D. (1987) Impacto de los herbívoros introducidos sobre el Pacha y de Galápagos (Laterallus spilonotus) Memorias. Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Pg.188-198
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Dvorak, M. Nemeth, E., Anchundia, D., Venceslau Carvalho e Silva, H., Wendelin, B. & Fessl, B. (2025) Status, distribution and populations trends of Galápagos Rail (Laterallus spilonota) and Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops) on the Galápagos Islands Bird Conservation International 35: e17
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"Galapagos Species Database, Laterallus spilonota", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist?species=5109. Accessed 9 July 2025.