Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor)

Other Names (World)
Black-tailed Crake, Elwes's Crake

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
21 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Walden, 1872)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, arable land. From 1,000 - 3,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam.

North-eastern India and Myanmar east to south-central China (southern Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan), and south to northern Thailand, north-western Vietnam and northern Laos; recent possible record from east-central Nepal.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) [XC362557]
by Mike Dooher from Kechuperi, West Sikkim, Sikkim, India (call)

Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) [XC438042]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Doi Inthanon National Park, Tambon Ban Luang, Amphoe Chom Thong, Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor) - 10 files

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