Chestnut-headed Crake
Anurolimnas castaneiceps
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusAnurolimnas
- SpeciesAnurolimnas castaneiceps (Chestnut-headed Crake)
Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Rufous-sided Crake
Laterallus melanophaius
Azure Gallinule
Porphyrio flavirostris
Uniform Crake
Amaurolimnas concolor
Blackish Rail
Pardirallus nigricans
Sungrebe
Heliornis fulica
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Psophia crepitans
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-headed Crake in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Chestnut-headed Crake sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chestnut-headed Crake in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-headed Crake in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.