Archive for the ‘Crakes’ Category

• Black crake

  Feb 8 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 399 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 | 525 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...

• Striped crake

  Aug 7 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 623 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...

• Ruddy-breasted crake

  Mar 31 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 678 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...

• Baillon’s crake

  Jul 19 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 2152 Views | with No Comments

  The Baillon’s crake – Zapornia pusilla or Marsh crake is a small rail species of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is widely but thinly distributed across Europe but its main breeding...

• Little crake

  Jul 19 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1886 Views | with No Comments

  The Little crake – Zapornia parva – according to eBird and Birdlife, but has an alternative scientific name in other sources – is a very small water bird of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order...

• Spotted crake

  Jul 17 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1878 Views | with No Comments

  The Spotted crake – Porzana porzana is a small species of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It has an extensive range across Eurasia to Mongolia, it is strongly migratory with the...

• Corn crake

  Jul 16 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1861 Views | with No Comments

  The Corn crake – Crex crex is a medium sized species of rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It has a very extensive Breeding Range from W Europe to E Asia, and migrates to winter in...