Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)

Other Names (World)
Ruddy-breasted Crake, Ruddy Crake(!)

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
16 - 23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Derivation
Por-zä'-na - N.L., crake: fus'-ca - L., fuscus, brown

Abundance (Guide)
V

Vagrant to the Australasian region (two sightings August 1897 and September 1940).

Habitat
Wet areas in open country, marshes, swamps, reed beds, rice fields, wet grasslands at the edge of lakes, ditches and canals.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea (B), Pakistan, Philippines (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Singapore (B), South Korea (B), Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Timor-Leste (B) (NB), Vietnam.

Vagrant to Afghanistan, Christmas Island.

Christmas Island.

Rarity Status
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca) [XC853709]
by Bram Piot from Lam Toiting (near Bangkok), Nong Chok, Bangkok, Thailand (song)

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca) [XC236332]
by Albert Lastukhin from Kecamatan Selat, Kabupaten Kapuas, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia (call)

Breeding Season (Guide)
Does not breed in Australia. Breeds India and southern and eastern Asia.

Subspecies
Possible subspecies bakeri included in nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

fusca (Linnaeus, 1766) - Pakistan and northern India to south-central China (Yunnan) and Vietnam, Malay Peninsula, Philippines and western Indonesia.
zeylonica (Baker, ECS, 1927) - Western India and Sri Lanka.
erythrothorax (Temminck & Schlegel, 1849) - Japan, eastern & southern China and Indochina; northern populations winter to S.
phaeopyga Stejneger, 1887 - Ryukyu Is.

Similar Species
Adult with Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) which is larger, has longer legs, black and buffy-white barring on wing-coverts, bold black-and-white barring on the remiges, upperparts are brighter and more reddish and head, neck and breast are uniform and brighter reddish-chestnut and juvenile with Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla) which is larger, has a shorter tail, much darker and uniform olive-brown upperparts, barred fore-underparts, reddish legs and feet.

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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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