Aramides albiventris
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The russet-naped wood rail or rufous-naped wood rail (Aramides albiventris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found from Mexico to Costa Rica. The russet-naped wood rail was originally described as a species but in the early 20th century was reclassified as a subspecies of what was then called the gray-necked wood rail (Aramides cajanea). A 2015 paper by Marcondes and Silveira proposed reconsidering its position and in 2016 taxonomic systems restored it to species status and renamed the now-reduced A. cajanea the grey-cowled wood rail.
The Clements taxonomy and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World follow Marcondes and Silveira in treating the russet-naped wood rail as monotypic. However, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) assigns it these five subspecies:
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 8 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇧🇿 Belize | |
| 15 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 16 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-naped Wood-Rail sighting in Tikal National Park on a given day, based on 1,202 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 12th most-seen of the 300 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, May and August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Russet-naped Wood-Rail in Tikal National Park on a given day, against about 40% in July and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Russet-naped Wood-Rail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Russet-naped Wood-Rail sightings, Tikal National Park has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
Same family: Rallidae
The closest relatives of the Russet-naped Wood-Rail that you can see in Tikal National Park (family Rallidae, Rails, Gallinules, and Coots) are Common Moorhen (about 10%) and American Purple Gallinule (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Russet-naped Wood-Rail is recorded against all the birds logged in Tikal National Park (1,202 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
