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title: "Giant Wood-Rail"
description: "Aramides ypecaha — Birds. The giant wood rail (Aramides ypecaha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/giant-wood-rail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Giant Wood-Rail

> Aramides ypecaha — Birds. The giant wood rail (Aramides ypecaha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Aramides ypecaha*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 2742
- Wikidata: [Q1274189](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1274189)
- iNaturalist taxon: [460](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/460)

## Names

- en: Giant Wood-Rail
- de: Ypecaharalle
- es: Ipacaá
- fr: Râle ypécaha
- nl: Reuzenbosral
- pt: Saracuraçu
- pl: Chruścielak wielki

## Countries with the most observations

AR (1902), UY (354), BR (330), PY (65), BO (12)

## Summary

The giant wood rail (Aramides ypecaha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_wood_rail

## Photo

![Giant Wood-Rail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/giant-wood-rail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80052109

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/giant-wood-rail?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).