Aramides

Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

Aramides
Grey-cowled wood rail, Aramides cajaneus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	Rallidae
Genus:	Aramides Pucheran, 1845
Type species
Fulica cayennensis[1] Gmelin, 1789
Species
see text

It contains the following 8 species:^[2]

Image	Common name	Scientific Name	Distribution
	Little wood rail	Aramides mangle	Brazil.
	Rufous-necked wood rail	Aramides axillaris	Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
	Grey-cowled wood rail	Aramides cajaneus	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
	Russet-naped wood rail	Aramides albiventris	southern Mexico to Costa Rica.
	Brown wood rail	Aramides wolfi	Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru.
	Giant wood rail	Aramides ypecaha	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
	Slaty-breasted wood rail	Aramides saracura	Brazil and eastern Paraguay.
	Red-winged wood rail	Aramides calopterus	Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

There is also a doubtful species:

• Red-throated wood rail, Aramides gutturalis - extinct (20th century?)