Two overlooked elusive crakes (Aves, Rallidae): first country record of Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii in Ecuador and Rufous-faced Crake Laterallus xenopterus in Peru

Abstract

ABSTRACT We present two new distributional country records based on previously misidentified sound recordings: Ocellated Crake, Micropygia schomburgkii (Schomburgk, 1848), in Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador) and Rufous-faced Crake, Laterallus xenopterus Conover, 1934, in Madre de Dios (Peru). We show supporting spectrograms of sound recordings and provide tools to justify the correct identification of the trills of both species. This range extension is especially relevant for the Vulnerable L. xenopterus, representing a new important breeding site in the Bahuaja Sonene National Park, Peru.