Posts Tagged ‘Gruiformes’

• Black crowned crane

  Feb 8 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 1078 Views | with Comments Off on Black crowned crane

  Black crowned crane – Balearica pavonina – is a large long-legged and long-necked resident African species of Type – wadingbird, Family Gruidae and Order Gruiformes. It is found in s s Africa from W Africa to...

• Black crake

  Feb 8 | Crakes, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1034 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 | 1175 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 | 1195 Views | with Comments Off on Coot

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

• Common moorhen

  Oct 29 | Moorhens, Rails+ | Little Stint | 1168 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 | 1159 Views | with Comments Off on Moorhen

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

• Siberian crane

  Sep 18 | Cranes, Cranes+ | Little Stint | 1286 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 | 1253 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 | 1294 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 | 1328 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...