Spotted Rail
Pardirallus maculatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)
- FamilyRallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
- GenusPardirallus (Neotropical Marshland Rails)
- SpeciesPardirallus maculatus (Spotted Rail)
Closest Relatives at Lago de Yojoa
Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
American Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
American Coot
Fulica americana
Ruddy Crake
Laterallus ruber
Gray-breasted Crake
Laterallus exilis
Hapalocrex flaviventer
Porzana flaviventer
Sora
Porzana carolina
Uniform Crake
Amaurolimnas concolor
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Aramides albiventris
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
📅 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 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Ciénaga de Zapata | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 4 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 9 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Spotted Rail in Lago de Yojoa?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Spotted Rail sighting in Lago de Yojoa, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Spotted Rail in Lago de Yojoa?
September has the highest sighting rate for Spotted Rail in Lago de Yojoa in our monthly data.