Black-tailed crake
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.[2] 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,[3] eating a wide range of foods including invertebrates, insects (particularly parasites off of large animals), fish, frogs, seeds of aqautic plants, bird eggs,[4] worms, mollusks, grass, and berries.[5]

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.


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