Posts Tagged ‘Gruiformes’

• Siberian crane

  Sep 18 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 18 Views | with Comments Off on Siberian crane

  Siberian crane – Leucogeranus leucogeranus – is a large migratory Asian crane of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It has two populations, one that summers in E Siberia and winters in...

• Striped crake

  Aug 7 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 68 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 | 125 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 | 135 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 | 132 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 | 496 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...

• Western swamphen

  Aug 11 | Rails+, Swamphens | Little Stint | 593 Views | with Comments Off on Western swamphen

  The Western swamphen – Porphyrio porphyrio or Purple swamphen is a large sized rail of Type – marshfowl, Family Rallidae and Order Gruiformes. It is resident around the coasts of the western Mediterranean. In the AWB...

• Gruidae – cranes+

  Jul 19 | Cranes+, Gruidae | Little Stint | 1379 Views | with No Comments

  The Gruidae – cranes+ are a family of large to very large species of Type – wadingbird and belong in the Order Gruiformes. Within the AWB Region there is only the single sub-family the Cranes that are present. The...

• Demoiselle crane

  Jul 19 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 1551 Views | with No Comments

  The Demoiselle crane – Anthropoides virgo is the smallest of the cranes, it is of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It has a very wide Asiatic Breeding range from SE Ukraine to E Mongolia and has...

• Common crane

  Jul 19 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 1357 Views | with No Comments

  The  Common crane – Grus grus or Eurasian crane is a medium sized crane of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It is a very widespread summer Breeder across N and Temperate Eurasia, and...