Red-legged crake
| Red-legged crake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Rallina |
| Species: | R. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rallina fasciata (Raffles, 1822) | |
The red-legged crake (Rallina fasciata) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.
Description
[edit]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]Found in far north-eastern India, eastern Bangladesh,[2] Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia. It has also been recorded as a vagrant to north-western Australia, Lanyu near Taiwan, and Palau. It is located in dense vegetation close to permanent wetlands, from paddy fields to dense rainforest. It is partly migratory, but the nature of its movements are poorly understood.[3]
Behaviour
[edit]Breeding
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The breeding behaviour or the red-legged crake is poorly known. The nest has not been described, but it is reported to have a clutch of 3-6 dull-white eggs, which both parents incubate. The chicks are covered in dark brown down on hatching.[3]
Voice
[edit]Series of descending croaks, screams and grunts.
Conservation
[edit]With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of least concern.
References
[edit]- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rallina fasciata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22692314A93347601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692314A93347601.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ "Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) :: Xeno-canto".
- 1 2 Taylor, Barry (4 March 2020). "Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.relcra1.01. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
- 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. ISBN 0-19-553069-1
- Smythies, B.E.; & Davison, G.W.H. (1999). The Birds of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), in association with the Sabah Society: Kota Kinabalu. ISBN 983-812-028-6
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