Aramides cajaneus (Statius Mueller , 1776)

Marcondes, Rafael Sobral & Silveira, Luis Fabio, 2015, A taxonomic review of Aramidescajaneus (Aves, Gruiformes, Rallidae) with notes on morphological variation in other species of the genus, ZooKeys 500, pp. 111-140 : 127

Taxon classification Animalia Gruiformes Rallidae

Aramides cajaneus (Statius Mueller, 1776)

Fulica Cajanea Statius Müller, 1776. Natursystems Supplements, p. 119. Based on "La Grande Poule d’Eau de Cayenne" from Buffon (1781), which is illustrated in the Planches Enlumineés d’Histoire Naturelle by L. J. M. Daubenton (plate 352). Type locality: “Caienne” (Cayenne, French Guyana).

Fulica major Boddaert, 1783. Table des Planches Enlumineéz d’Histoire Naturelle de M. D’Aubenton, p. 21. Based on Buffon’s (1781) "La Grande Poule d’Eau de Cayenne".

Fulica cayennensis Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae, 13th edition, v. 1, part 2, p. 700. Based on Latham’s (1785) "Cayenne Gallinule" and Buffon’s (1781) "La Grande Poule d’Eau de Cayenne". Type locality: "Guianae et Cayennae".

Fulica ruficollis Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae, 13th edition, v. 1, part 2, p. 700. Based on Latham’s (1785) "Black-Bellied Gallinule". Type locality: “Cayenna”.

Rallus chiricote Vieillot, 1819. Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, v. 28, p. 551. Based on Azara’s (1805) “Chiricóte”. Type locality: “Paraguay”. Azara’s “Chiricóte aplomado" which Vieillot (1819) considered a variant of his Rallus chiricote , is actually Aramides saracura .

Rallus maximus Vieillot, 1819. Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, v. 28, p. 555. Based on Latham’s (1785) "Cayenne Gallinule", Gmelin’s (1789) Fulica cayennensis and Buffon’s (1781) La Grande Poule d’Eau de Cayenne". Type locality: "Cayenne et [...] Guyane".

Gallinula ruficeps Spix, 1825. Avium Species Novae, tome 2, p. 74 and plate 96. Type specimen in the Munich museum, not examined. Type locality: "Provincia Rio de Janeiro" (Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil).

Rallus hydrogallina Lesson, 1831. Traité d’Ornithologie, p. 536. Based on Gmelin’s (1789) Fulica cayennensis and Buffons’s (1781) "La Grande Poule d’Eau de Cayenne". Type locality: “Cayenne” and “Brésil”. The supposed juvenile with slate underparts ("dessous du corps ardoisé”) is not Aramides cajaneus .

Aramides gutturalis Sharpe, 1894. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum, v. 23, p. 57 and plate 5. Holotype, examined: BMNH 1843.5.24.134, "South America". The specimen’s oldest label bears the word “Lima”. However, no species of Aramides is known to occur in the vicinity of Lima, Peru. If this is indeed the locality meant, then it is likely that it represents simply the port from where the skin was shipped to Europe, rather than the actual place where it was collected.

Aramides cajanea venezuelensis Cory, 1915. Field Museum of Natural History Ornithological Series, v. 1, n. 8, p. 296. Holotype, examined: FMNH 34472, adult male, "Encontrados, Venezuela" (Zulia state).

Aramides cajanea peruviana Cory, 1915. Field Museum of Natural History Ornithological Series, vol. 1, n. 8, p. 296. Holotype, examined: FMNH 44019, adult female, "Moyabamba, Peru" (San Martín department).

Aramides cajanea latens Bangs & Penard, 1918. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, v. 62, p. 41. Holotype, examined: MCZ 114297, adult female, "San Miguel Island, Bay of Panama" (known now as Isla del Rey, in the Las Perlas archipelago).

Aramides cajanea salmoni Chubb, 1918. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, v. 38, p. 48. Holotype, examined: BMNH 89.11.20.50, "Remedios, Antioquia, Colombia".

Aramides cajanea grahami Chubb, 1919. The Ibis, 11th series, v. 1, n. 1, p. 53. Holotype, examined: BMNH 45.8.25.56, “Pará, Brazil".

Aramides cajanea morrisoni Wetmore, 1946. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, v. 59, p. 50. Holotype, examined: USNM 376059, adult male, "San José Island, Archipiélago de las Perlas" (Panama).

Diagnosis.

Nuchal spot very dark grayish-brown 10YR 3/2, sometimes duller or, very rarely, absent. Back entirely green. No white or pale feathers whatsoever on the lower chest. Basic phrase of the song bisyllabic (see details above).

Distribution.

Pacific side of Costa Rica; Panama (including the Pearl Islands); Colombia (except the Chocó region, west of the Andes); Venezuela; the Guianas; Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia east of the Andes; Brazil (except a section of the coast where it is replaced by Aramides avicenniae , and some inland parts of the states of São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, where it is replaced by Aramides saracura ; see above); southeastern Paraguay; Uruguay; and extreme northwestern and northeastern Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Corrientes, Entre Rios and Buenos Aires provinces) (Figures 1 and 2).