Uniform Crake

SCI Name:  Amaurolimnas concolor
Protonym:  Rallus concolor BirdsJamaica p.369 pl.103
Taxonomy:  Gruiformes / Rallidae / Amaurolimnas
Taxonomy Code:  unicra1
Type Locality:  Jamaica.
Author:  Gosse
Publish Year:  1847
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

AMAUROLIMNAS
(Rallidae; Ϯ Uniform Crake A. concolor) Gr. αμαυρος amauros  dark; Mod. L. limnas  rail  < Gr. λιμνας limnas  of the marsh  < λιμνη limnē  marsh; "AMAUROLIMNAS, gen. n.  Simile generi "Crex" dicto, sed rostro longiore, culmine digito interno æquali, distinguendum.  Typus A. concolor (Gosse)." (Sharpe 1893); "Amaurolimnas Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl., 1, 1893, p. 28.  Type, by original designation, A. concolor (Gosse) = Rallus concolor Gosse." (Peters, 1934, II, p. 171).

concolor
L. concolor, concoloris  of the same colour, concolorous, similar  < cum (old form com)  together with; color, coloris  colour.

SUBSPECIES

Uniform Crake (concolor)
SCI Name: Amaurolimnas concolor concolor
concolor
L. concolor, concoloris  of the same colour, concolorous, similar  < cum (old form com)  together with; color, coloris  colour.

Uniform Crake (guatemalensis)
SCI Name: Amaurolimnas concolor guatemalensis
guatemalae / guatemalensis / guatimalensis
Guatemala (Nahuatl name Cuauhtēmallān place of many trees).

Uniform Crake (castaneus)
SCI Name: Amaurolimnas concolor castaneus
castaneum / castaneus
L. castaneus  chestnut-coloured  < castanea  chestnut  < Gr. καστανον kastanon  chestnut.
● ex “Carouge de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 343 (syn. Icterus spurius).