Gray-cowled Wood-Rail vs One-Glumed Spike-Rush

Aramides cajanea compared with Eleocharis uniglumis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray-cowled Wood-Rail	One-Glumed Spike-Rush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Rallidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Aramides	Eleocharis
Species	Aramides cajanea	Eleocharis uniglumis

Conservation Status

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

LC — Least Concern

One-Glumed Spike-Rush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray-cowled Wood-Rail	One-Glumed Spike-Rush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

One-Glumed Spike-Rush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada).

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.