OTHER NAMES: Grey-necked Wood Rail
Latin Etymology: Aramides ("resembling limpkin") cajaneus ("of Cayenne, French Guiana")
Grey-cowled Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus) at Location, Costa Rica - November 2025
Featured Subspecies: Aramides cajaneus cajaneus
Weight: 320-465g / Length: 33-40cm / Wingspan: ?
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A large distinctive rail of the neotropics, they are an adaptable species that can be found in both mature rainforests to, as this one, small urban rivers in fragmented habitat. Typically nocturnal, where they feed on invertibrates, with mangrove populations being particularly specialised in crabs but are more broadly omnivours, supplementing their diet with fruits, seeds and grain as needed.
Related Species:
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Aramides
SUBSPECIES: A. c. latens, A. c. morrisoni, A. c. cajaneus
- Sighting Locations -
A widespread resident
- COSTA RICA 2025 TRIP: Seen at San Jose
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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