Band-bellied Crake

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Scientific Name: Zapornia paykullii

Malay Name: Sintar-Kecil Belacan Berbelang

Chinese Name: 斑胁田鸡

Range: Found from Siberia, Korea to Northeast China and winters to Southeast Asia except the Philippines

Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Size: 27 cm

Identification: Resembles Ruddy-breasted Crake but has a stronger, thicker and shorter bill, some narrow whitish and dark bars on wing coverts and the black white bars between flanks and undertail-coverts are more distinctive. Juvenile has paler head-sides and breasts and browner legs than adult.

Similar looking species: Red-legged Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake

Habitat: Freshwater wetlands.

Behaviour/Ecology: Very skulking.

Local Status: Vagrant

Conservation Status: Near Threatened (BirdLife International 2016)

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Band-bellied Crake at SBG. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Band-bellied Crake at Chinese Garden. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Band-bellied Crake at SBG. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Band-bellied Crake at Chinese Garden. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Band-bellied Crake at Singapore Botanic Gardens. Photo Credit: See Toh Yew Wai
Band-bellied Crake at Chinese Garden. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
Band-bellied Crake at Chinese Garden. Photo Credit: Francis Yap
External Links:

Conservation Status: IUCN Red List Page

Sound Recordings: xeno-canto Link

Wikipedia Entry: Wikipedia Link

eBird Species page: eBird (Band-bellied Crake)

References:

BirdLife International. (2016). Zapornia paykullii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22692702A93365574.en. Accessed on 1 January 2023

Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia (Second Edition). Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

RECOMMENDED CITATION

Singapore Birds Project. (n.d.). Band-bellied Crake. Retrieved on June 4, 2023 from https://singaporebirds.com/species/band-bellied-crake.