Band-bellied crake
| Band-bellied crake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Zapornia |
| Species: | Z. paykullii |
| Binomial name | |
| Zapornia paykullii (Ljungh, 1813) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Porzana paykullii | |
The band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It breeds in Manchuria, eastern China and northern Korea; it winters throughout Southeast Asia.
It is getting rare due to habitat loss.
In 1813 the Swedish taxon author Sven Ingemar Ljungh named the bird after the naturalist Gustaf von Paykull.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Porzana paykullii.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2025). "Zapornia paykullii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T22692702A177754646. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22692702A177754646.en.
- ↑ Ljungh, Sven Ingemar (1813). "En Ny Fogel, Rallus paykullii" [A new bird, Rallus paykullii]. Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Handlingar [Proceedings of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences] (in Swedish). p. 258 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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