Birds of the World

    GRUIFORMES: Rallidae (Rails, Crakes & Coots)  
Genus: Zapornia (10 species)


Brown Crake
Brown Crake (Zapornia akool akool)
Range: OR: India to se China
Talhaar, Margalla, Islamabad, Pakistan  
 
Photograph by Imran Shah     Copyright and usage info


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Henderson Crake (Zapornia atra) Vulnerable
Range: PO: Henderson (c Pitcairn group, se Polynesia)
 



Black-tailed Crake
Black-tailed Crake (Zapornia bicolor)
Range: OR: ne India to sc China
Doi Inthanon National Park, Ban Luang, Chiang Mai, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Black Crake
Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
Range: AF: widespread
 
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Ruddy-breasted Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca fusca)
Range: OR: widespread, also e Asia
Bishan Park, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Sakalava Rail
Sakalava Rail (Zapornia olivieri) Sakalava Rail Endangered
Range: AF: patchily wc Madagascar (rare)
Lac Kinkony, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


Little Crake
Little Crake (Zapornia parva)
Range: PAL: s and c Europe to nw China
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Band-bellied Crake
Band-bellied Crake (Zapornia paykullii) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: e Siberia, Korea and ne China
Japanese Gardens, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


Baillon's Crake
Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla palustris)
Range: PAL, AF, OR, AU: widespread
Holder, South Australia, Australia  
 
Photograph by Peter Jacobs     Copyright and usage info


Spotless Crake
Spotless Crake (Zapornia tabuensis)
Range: OR, AU: Luzon and Mindoro (n Philippines), Timor (e Lesser Sundas), Australasian region and Oceania
Pitt Town Lagoon, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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