About Laterallus albigularis (Lawrence, 1861)
The white-throated crake (scientific name Laterallus albigularis (Lawrence, 1861)) measures 14 to 16 cm (5.5 to 6.3 in) in length. Males weigh approximately 50 g (1.8 oz), while females weigh approximately 45 g (1.6 oz). The two sexes have identical plumage. Adult nominate subspecies have white throats and upper breasts, with rufous faces, neck sides, and lower breasts. Their crown, nape, and upperparts are olive brown, and their belly, vent, and undertail coverts have black and white barring. Subspecies L. a. cinereiceps has a gray face, and subspecies L. a. cerdaleus has an entirely rufous head and throat. Three subspecies of the white-throated crake have distinct ranges. The nominate subspecies is distributed along the Pacific coast of southwestern Costa Rica and Panama, extending through northern and western Colombia into western Ecuador as far south as El Oro Province, and has also been recorded as a vagrant in Peru. L. a. cerdaleus lives in northern Colombia and extreme northwestern Venezuela. L. a. cinereiceps ranges from southeastern Honduras along the Caribbean slope of Nicaragua and Costa Rica into Panama as far as Veraguas Province. The white-throated crake lives in a range of both wet and dry landscapes, including marshes, wet grassy fields and pastures, thickets, forest clearings, and the edges of watercourses and ponds. It occurs at elevations from sea level up to 1,600 m (5,200 ft).
