Black-tailed crake

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Black-tailed crake
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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.


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