Red-and-white Crake

The red-and-white crake (Rufirallus leucopyrrhus) is a species of bird in subfamily Rallinae of family Rallidae, the rails, gallinules, and coots. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This species was formerly placed in the genus Laterallus. == Taxonomy == The red-and-white crake was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot based on a specimen collected by the Spanish military officer Félix de Azara in Paraguay. Vieillot placed the new species with the rails in the genus Rallus and coined the binomial name Rallus leucopyrrhus. The species was formerly placed in the genus Laterallus but in 2023 a molecular phylogenetic study found that the genus was polyphyletic. In the reorganization of the species to create monophyletic genera, the red-and-white crake was placed with four other crakes in the genus Rufirallus that had been introduced in 1856 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The genus name combines the Latin rufus meaning "rufous" with the genus Rallus that had been introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for the rails. The specific epithet leucopyrrhus combines the Ancient Greek λευκος/leukos meaning "white" with πυρρος/purrhos meaning "flame-coloured". The species is considered to be monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. ==…