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title: "Blackish Rail"
description: "Pardirallus nigricans — Uccelli. The blackish rail (Pardirallus nigricans) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blackish-rail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blackish Rail

> Pardirallus nigricans — Uccelli. The blackish rail (Pardirallus nigricans) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae.

- Scientific name: *Pardirallus nigricans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 763
- Wikidata: [Q960214](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960214)
- iNaturalist taxon: [297](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/297)

## Names

- en: Blackish Rail
- de: Trauerralle
- es: Gallineta negruzca
- fr: Râle noirâtre
- nl: Rouwral
- pt: Saracura-sanã
- pl: Wodniczak żałobny

## Countries with the most observations

BR (497), CO (102), AR (46), EC (43), PE (5), PY (4)

## Summary

The blackish rail (Pardirallus nigricans) is a species of bird in the subfamily Rallinae of the rail, crake, and coot family Rallidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Bolivia.

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

## Photo

![Blackish Rail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blackish-rail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kahio Tiberio Mazon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9016750

## Machine access

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