Endangered
Junin Crake
Laterallus tuerosi
The Junin crake or Junin rail (Laterallus jamaicensis tuerosi) is an elusive and rare bird in the family Rallidae found only in marshy habitats around Lake Junin in the Andean highlands of west-central Peru.
Appearance
Its plumage is highly distinct compared to other black rail subspecies, but its voice is rather similar to those of the two other South American subspecies (L. J. Murivagans of coastal Peru and L. J. Salinasi of Chile and Argentina), although it does show some differences. Several other threatened animals, among them two birds, the Junin grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii) and the Junin white-tufted grebe (Rollandia rolland), are restricted to the same lake.
The taxonomic position of the Junin crake is disputed: It was first described as a subspecies of the black rail in 1983 and in later years it has variably been considered a black rail subspecies or its own species.
Range and habitat
The Junin crake or Junin rail (Laterallus jamaicensis tuerosi) is an elusive and rare bird in the family Rallidae found only in marshy habitats around Lake Junin in the Andean highlands of west-central Peru. Regardless of its taxonomic position, the Junin crake is seriously threatened, mostly due to habitat loss, and it is considered endangered by the IUCN.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
In crisis
Junin Crake is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Junin Crake, Wikidata item Q2554336. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
