Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea) [XC860115]
by Peter Boesman from Western Treatment Plant, Victoria, Australia (call)
Australian Crake (Porzana fluminea) [XC860116]
by Andrew Spencer from Western Treatment Plant, Victoria, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
August - January, and later when conditions are favorable.
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Nest
An open structure, composed of coarse grasses, placed at the base of a tussock surrounded by water.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 6, usually 5; glossy, green-olive or brown-olive, blotched and spotted mainly at larger end with shades of red-brown and purple-brown and underlying lavender-grey, some marked all over with small red-brown spots; oval; about 31 x 23 mm. Incubation: by both sexes.
Young
Precocial, nidifugous.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla) which is slightly smaller, has barring on the undertail and lacks a reddish base to the bill.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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