Brown Crake (Zapornia akool)

Family
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Size
23.50 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sykes, 1832)

Habitat
Freshwater inland wetlands. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (E), China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Brown Crake (Zapornia akool) [XC719947]
by Ray Tsu \u8bf8\u4ec1 from Shanghai, Shanghai, China (song)

Brown Crake (Zapornia akool) [XC174973]
by Bo Shunqi from Godhavadar, Amreli, Gujarat, India (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

akool (Sykes, 1832) - India, Bangladesh and western Myanmar.
coccineipes (Slater, 1891) - South-eastern China to north-eastern Vietnam.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Crake (Zapornia akool) - 10 files

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