Aramides

Aramides is a genus of birds in the family Rallidae.

It contains the following 8 species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name!! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Little wood rail || Aramides mangle ||Brazil. |- |120px ||Rufous-necked wood rail || Aramides axillaris|| Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |- |120px ||Grey-cowled wood rail || Aramides cajaneus|| Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela. |- |120px ||Russet-naped wood rail || Aramides albiventris||southern Mexico to Costa Rica. |- | ||Brown wood rail || Aramides wolfi|| Colombia, Ecuador, and possibly Peru. |- |120px ||Giant wood rail || Aramides ypecaha||Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |- |120px ||Slaty-breasted wood rail || Aramides saracura|| Brazil and eastern Paraguay. |- | ||Red-winged wood rail || Aramides calopterus||Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. |- |}