Austral Rail Neuquen north Patagonia Rallidae Rallus antarcticus wetland
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García, Simón Pla, and Bruno D. Varela. 2026. “A New Record of the Austral Rail (Rallus Antarcticus) in Northern Patagonia and the First Documented for Neuquén Province”. Nuestras Aves 71 (February). https://doi.org/10.56178/na.v71i.1167.
The Austral Rail (Rallus antarcticus) inhabits south-central Patagonia, with few records to the north. This article presents the first documented record of the species in Neuquén province and the first in 20 years in northern Patagonia, in a wetland within an Urban Nature Reserve.
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