Red-legged crake
| Red-legged crake | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallina |
| Species: | R. fasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822)
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The red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.
Description
[edit | edit source]It is a medium-large crake (length 24 cm). Its head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Its upper parts are grey-brown. Underparts and underwings are barred black and white. Its bill is green and its legs are red.
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]Found in far north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh,[2] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo and Indonesia. It is recorded as a vagrant to north-western Australia. It is located in dense vegetation close to permanent wetlands.
Behaviour
[edit | edit source]Breeding
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Its clutch consists of 3-6 dull-white eggs.
Voice
[edit | edit source]Series of descending croaks, screams and grunts.
Conservation
[edit | edit source]With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of least concern.
References
[edit | edit source]- BirdLife International. (2007). Species factsheet: Rallina fasciata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/6/2007
- Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J.; & Davies, J.N. (eds). (1994). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press: Melbourne. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Smythies, B.E.; & Davison, G.W.H. (1999). The Birds of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), in association with the Sabah Society: Kota Kinabalu. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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