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Alternative name: Australian Spotted Crake

Photo by Tannin
Boort, northern Victoria, Australia, March 2006
Porzana fluminea

Identification

Male: 19–23 cm; Female: 50–61

  • Dark grey head, forehead, face, throat and chest
  • Brownish-olive crown, nape and upperparts

Similar Species

Baillon's Crake:

Distribution

South east Australia from mid Queensland to Tasmania, and disjunct in Western Australia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Mangrove forests, wetlands, samphire saltmarsh, swamps and reed beds.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of molluscs, flies and other insects, including spiders. They also eat seeds.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Birds in Backyards
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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