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Black-tailed crake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Zapornia
Species: Z. bicolor
Binomial name
Zapornia bicolor
(Walden, 1872)
Synonyms

Amaurornis bicolor
Porzana bicolor

The black-tailed crake (Zapornia bicolor) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

Description

It is slate-gray with a chestnut brown back. Its eyes are red. Its slender legs are pinkish-red.

From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, West Sikkim, India.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Diet

It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aqautic plants, bird eggs, worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Zapornia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22692660A93363404. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692660A93363404.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Norbu, Lam; Thinley, Phuntsho; Wangchuck, Tandin; Dechen, Ugyen; Dorji, Lekey; Choephel, Tshering; Dorji, Pasang (26 August 2021). "On the high bird diversity in the non-protected regions of Trashiyangtse District in Bhutan". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 13 (9): 19274–19292. doi:10.11609/jott.6843.13.9.19274-19292. ISSN 0974-7907.
  4. "Black Crake | Franklin Park Zoo". zoonewengland.org. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. Faheem, Mahmood Syed. "Black-tailed crake". Retrieved 31 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Porzana bicolor


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