Archive for the ‘Rallidae’ Category

• Black crake

  Feb 8 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 755 Views | with Comments Off on Black crake

  Black crake – Zapornia flavirostra – is a mid-sized resident African crake of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is widely distributed over fresh water marshes in s s Africa. In the AWB...

• African crake

  Nov 28 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 889 Views | with Comments Off on African crake

  African crake – Crex egregia – is medium sized migratory African ground bird of Type – marshfowl – Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is typically found in seasonal wetlands such as flooded...

• Coot

  Oct 29 | Coots, Rails+ | Little Stint | 917 Views | with Comments Off on Coot

  Coot – Fulica atra – also on this site called – Eurasian coot &#...

• Common moorhen

  Oct 29 | Moorhens, Rails+ | Little Stint | 887 Views | with Comments Off on Common moorhen

  Common moorhen – Gallinula chloropus – also on this site called – Eurasian moorhen &#...

• Moorhen

  Oct 29 | Moorhens, Rails+ | Little Stint | 882 Views | with Comments Off on Moorhen

  Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus – also on this site called – Eurasian moorhen &#...

• Striped crake

  Aug 7 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 975 Views | with Comments Off on Striped crake

  Striped crake – Amaurornis marginalis – or Aenigmatolimnas marginalis – is a small resident/migratory African crake of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It has two populations in s s...

• Lesser moorhen

  Mar 31 | Moorhens, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1012 Views | with Comments Off on Lesser moorhen

  Lesser moorhen – Paragallinula angulata – is a small resident African rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is widely resident over s s Africa. In the AWB Region, it is resident to...

• African swamphen

  Mar 31 | Rails+, Swamphens | Little Stint | 1045 Views | with Comments Off on African swamphen

  African swamphen – Porphyrio madagascariensis – is a large resident African rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is resident in s s Africa and the Nile Valley of Egypt. In the AWB...

• Ruddy-breasted crake

  Mar 31 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1022 Views | with Comments Off on Ruddy-breasted crake

  Ruddy-breasted crake – Zapornia fusca – is a mid-sized migratory/resident Asian shorebird of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is found across S, SE and E Asia from Pakistan to Japan, it...

• Allen’s gallinule

  Aug 11 | Gallinules, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1358 Views | with Comments Off on Allen’s gallinule

  The Allen’s gallinule – Porphyrio alleni or Lesser gallinule is a small resident rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is native to s s Africa. In the AWB Region it is found in...