Junín Rail
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The Junin Crake or Junin Rail (Laterallus tuerosi) is a species of bird
in the Rallidae
family. It has sometimes considered a distinctive subspecies
of the Black Rail
(L. jamaicensis).
The Junín Rail is, as suggested by its common name
, endemic to marshy habitats around Lake Junín
in west-central Peru
. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Junin Flightless Grebe
, another highly endangered species, is restricted to the same lake.
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
family. It has sometimes considered a distinctive subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
of the Black Rail
Black Rail
The Black Rail is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes. It is extinct or threatened in many locations due to habitat loss...
(L. jamaicensis).
The Junín Rail is, as suggested by its common name
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
, endemic to marshy habitats around Lake Junín
Lake Junín
Lake Junín, known as Lago Junín in Spanish and Chinchaycocha in Quechua, is the largest lake entirely within Peru. Even though Lake Titicaca has a much larger area, its eastern half is located on Bolivian territory...
in west-central Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Junin Flightless Grebe
Junin Flightless Grebe
The Junín Grebe, Junin Flightless Grebe or Puna Grebe, Podiceps taczanowskii, is a grebe found only on Lake Junin in the highlands of Junin, west-central Peru. Restricted to Lake Junín;breeding of the species generally occurs in bays & channels in outer sector of the Lake,within 8-75m of...
, another highly endangered species, is restricted to the same lake.