- Red-legged Crake
Taxobox
name = Red-legged Crake
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Gruiformes
familia =Rallidae
genus = "Rallina "
species = "R. fasciata"
binomial = "Rallina fasciata"
binomial_authority = (Raffles,1822 )The Red-legged Crake ("Rallina fasciata") is a waterbird in the rail and crake family
Rallidae .Description
Medium-large crake (length 24 cm). Head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey-brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white. Bill green; legs and feet red.
Distribution and habitat
North-eastern
India , southernBurma ,Thailand ,Malay Peninsula ,Borneo andIndonesia . Recorded as a vagrant to north-westernAustralia . Found in dense vegetation close to permanentwetland s.Behaviour
Breeding
Clutch of 3-6 dull-white eggs.
Voice
Series of descending croaks, screams and grunts.
Conservation
With a large range and no evidence of significant decline, this species is assessed as being of
Least Concern .References
* BirdLife International. (2007). Species factsheet: Rallina fasciata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14/6/2007
* Marchant, S.; Higgins, P.J.; & Davies, J.N. (eds). (1994). "Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 2: Raptors to Lapwings". Oxford University Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0-19-553069-1
* Smythies, B.E.; & Davison, G.W.H. (1999). "The Birds of Borneo". Natural History Publications (Borneo), in association with the Sabah Society: Kota Kinabalu. ISBN 983-812-028-6
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